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When MIT professor and meteorologist Edward Lorenz realized in 1961 that long-term weather-forecasting was all but impossible, the discovery chagrined weathermen. But his underlying idea--that even the most minute aberrations could have vast repercussions on larger systems--gave birth to the modern field of chaos theory. He captured the public's imagination with the elegant concept in a 1972 paper titled "Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?" Though Lorenz initially used a seagull as his example, he settled on the more poetic creature, giving rise...
...sports broadcast journalist, Kimble works four to five jobs to pay his tuition at Loyola. As so many connections came to light on the trip—between my life and the lives of those I met—I realized we’re all part of one larger human family. It’s encouraging to remember that six billion others are facing the same human condition. And it’s not hard to find a few good people out of those six billion with whom to face our challenges together. I found such companions...
...fact, the IIC did not have an approved budget for much of the last fiscal year because the budget that was initially proposed was “larger than we could expect to support,” Hyman said...
...Murillo’s story illustrates what some consider the paradox of minority recruiting: while the seemingly innumerable personal phone calls, cultural parties, and introductory meetings might help minority students choose Harvard, many wonder if these efforts unintentionally segregate them from the larger student body...
...minority students feel so quickly pulled from the larger Harvard community. A number of them remember their early contact with the College as somewhat amorphous. For their introduction to Harvard, race, age, sex, and socioeconomic status bled together into a nebulous search for friends...