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...flow of information that travels along afferent nerves, which send signals from the body to the brain, and efferent nerves, which carry instructions from the brain to the body's musculature. In many cases of paralysis, though, the motor and sensory nerves below the level of the lesion remain intact and could function again...
...students’ quality of work when almost 50 percent of the grades are A or A-minus, some have said Harvard should add a grade of A-plus. An A-plus, presumably, would allow professors to reward truly exceptional work while leaving the rest of the grading system intact...
...know, Ariel, you’re actually quite lucky. Whereas I had to surrender complete control of my country, you have the luxury of withdrawing to Israel’s recognized international borders with the Israeli state completely intact. To be honest, you’d be better off that way. Inside the Green Line, Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Outside the green line, Israel is guilty of apartheid rule. Take it from someone you knows: apartheid is a worm that will eat away at your society as if it were a rotten apple. The reservists?...
...Little thought is given to the girls' return. Many simply don't. But for those who survive with their health intact, the journey home can be fraught. Most lack the requisite identity cards, which are issued solely in the district of residence and only to people aged 18 or older. "Either the girls have to bribe their way home, if they have enough money, or more usually they need to be sponsored by their parents or the village head," says Waing. Such arrangements, she adds, are extremely rare. "Generally these are the very people who sent them away...
...response to suggestions in the national media that Harvard’s faculty does not fully support the Afro-American studies department, 167 professors have officially expressed their desire to keep the “dream team” intact...