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...Well, to resolve two mysteries at once (why the film was kept from critics and what my reaction is), it's not very good - long (2hr.32min.) and mostly inert...
...Officers were dispatched to a report of suspicious materials found in containers at 66 Parcell Dr. on Tuesday, March 28. The officers, along with the Massachusetts State Police and Bomb Squad, checked the containers and determined that they were past inert explosive materials and not hazardous...
...attachment to the school and its teams. Some will argue that we have come this far without the assistance of an acclaimed mascot and that we can continue to subsist happily in this way. In their view, our lack of tradition is a tradition in itself. But such an inert approach to university life would render our school incapable of progress and sentence future generations of Harvard students to stale experiences as members of the College. If we want to improve the quality of life at this institution for the sake of those who will follow, it is our duty...
Veritas is dying at Harvard, and we must look no further than our classrooms to see this tragedy unfolding. With even the best lecturers, truth comes across as an inert object in a fixed world. We are turned into empty receptacles for this pre-packaged knowledge, which we are then expected to regurgitate upon command. Implicitly, our curriculum dictates that we passively accept this rigid veritas and, correspondingly, the way the world is. Theoretically, the discussion section that accompanies so many of our lecture courses is the place for this veritas to come alive. It is our chance to challenge...
...problem in Nigeria. Before Akunyili took over her post in 2001, a staggering 80% of the medications sold there were deficient in one way or another. Some contained less of the active ingredient than was specified on the label. Others were past their expiration date. Some were filled with inert lactose or powdered chalk. Still others were poison. In 1990 more than 100 Nigerian children died from a painkiller that had been made with toxic ethylene glycol instead of propylene glycol. In 2003 phony adrenaline led to the deaths of three children undergoing surgery in the city of Enugu. Akunyili...