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...halaqa provides a small window into the larger story of HIS, a religious group that stands at a crossroads amid the aftershocks of the Sept. 11 attacks and what members see as pervasive cultural ignorance at Harvard about Islam...
...English Department. Currently, no fully tenured professors specializing in modern drama are on the English department faculty.A position has been offered to Visiting Professor Martin Puchner, from Columbia University, who received his master’s degree from Harvard, who thinks the Roach decision is indicative of larger trends.“I think maybe in the last few years since Roach declined, some thing have changed,” Puchner says. “Now, there is more coordination, a larger arts initiative, and the English Department is trying to build the field of drama and to attract faculty...
...second, larger study in the NEJM came to similar conclusions. By comparing the childhood medical records and adulthood hospital records of 276,835 Danish citizens born between 1930 and 1976, researchers found a distinct correlation between higher childhood body mass index (BMI) - the ratio between height and weight that is the standard for defining obesity - and a greater risk of future heart disease and heart disease-related death. According to the authors, it is the first study to conclusively link excess weight in childhood and health problems later on. What's more, the data showed that the correlation is linear...
...hadrosaur's vertebrae are spaced 10 mm apart, making the animal longer than thought. 2 The hind legs are 25% larger than once believed. 3 Its overall bigger size means it probably could run faster too, up to 28 m.p.h.--about the speed of an African elephant...
...bomb wasn't meant to kill or harm someone in the law firm, then Jacquard says the only possibilities are that it was intended to be a far larger blast, or sought to gain a wider impact than its actual fire thanks to vast media coverage. That first scenario is unlikely at best, Jacquard explains, since successful detonation of the bomb - usually the aspect that goes awry in failed attacks - would have almost certainly set off the totality of the charge. The theory that the smaller explosion sought to generate an even larger shock wave in media reports seems...