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While Nicolais and Mannapperuma have drawn comparisons to Bill and Hillary Clinton and been labeled a “power couple,” they insist that they don’t consider themselves career politicians...
...Crimson op-ed, HRDC member Susan E. McGregor ’05 argues “one can hardly imagine that a highly invested thesis advisor won’t at some point insist that a particular student’s thesis be given space. What could the student theater community do? And in a season with less than ten slots total, even the handful of students in the concentration would significantly alter the character of student theater at this school...
...Studies concentrators who have done thesis productions were already experienced members of the theater community, and had to provide alternatives to a performance in case their shows were not given space. But one can hardly imagine that a highly invested thesis advisor won’t at some point insist that a particular student’s thesis be given space. What could the student theater community do? As John Drake, ‘06 notes, “There’s no way a Dean will let an extracurricular group dictate to a concentration...
...After all the drama, Reliance remains a professionally managed company, and insiders insist that the controversy won't disrupt its day-to-day business. But the old polish has gone, and millions of ordinary Indians may never again feel that the Ambanis are the one Indian business family that never makes a mistake...
Dealing with cranks is an occupational hazard for most scientists, but it's especially bad for physicists and astronomers. Those who study the cosmos for a living tend to be bombarded with letters, calls and emails from would-be geniuses who insist they have refuted Einstein or devised a new theory of gravity or disproved the Big Bang. The telltale signs of crankdom are so consistent--a grandiose theory, minimal credentials, a messianic zeal--that scientists can usually spot them a mile...