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...Sosland family decided to do something about those funny looks for all Harvard men and women, giving millions in the 1990s to help kick-start the Expository Writing (Expos) program at Harvard...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Expos Director Exits | 8/28/2007 | See Source »

...dubbed because researchers were blaring the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds the night of her discovery) will headline the Houston Museum of Natural Science's (HMNS) new exhibit, "Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia" - only her third public appearance in nearly 30 years, and the kick-off to a planned six-year nationwide tour. But while HMNS curators celebrate Lucy's arrival, some famed paleontologists are grumbling that the rare opportunity simply isn't worth the risk or the hassle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hassles of Having Lucy in Houston | 8/24/2007 | See Source »

...indulges in "puerile brinkmanship." In his view, she and Nawaz Sharif, another former Prime Minister, epitomize the weak, deeply corrupt democracy he overthrew in a bloodless 1999 coup. Just the mention of their names can spoil his mood; Musharraf once told a television interviewer that he would like to "kick them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's New Odd Couple? | 8/23/2007 | See Source »

...have to be an impressionable 13-year-old, or a program executive at NBC, to get a kick out of Kathleen Marshall's exuberant and winning new revival. It may not be a Grease for the time capsule, but it's the one that I want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hopelessly Devoted to Grease | 8/21/2007 | See Source »

...faithful advocate of DLC views in the Clinton White House-for running with a "populist rather than a New Democrat message. As a result, voters viewed him as too liberal." In 2003, From took on Howard Dean for opposing the Iraq war. "It used to be that you could kick around liberals and not get a reaction," says Ed Kilgore, a former DLC spokesman turned moderate blogger. "Dean changed that. The liberal blogosphere kicked back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Political Pariahs | 8/1/2007 | See Source »

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