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...Newton said. “The goal was to educate people about race and genetics, and to get people talking about sensitive issues, which is always difficult,” she added. Professor Scott V. Edwards and Pardis Sabeti from the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology lent the scientific perspective, explaining the mechanics of this sort of gene mapping as well as the background behind the Genographic Project, which Edwards helps advise. In addition to analyzing the genetic material of the general public, the organization collects samples from various indigenous groups around the globe in an effort to understand...
...highlights of his posting was the day Fidel Castro introduced him to cigars. It was in September 1972, he recalls, at a trade fair in Santiago. The Cuban exhibitors needed refrigerators for their shrimp. Brabeck lent them some. When the fair opened, Castro came over with a box of smokes to say thank you. But the Cuban leader's biggest gift, Brabeck says, was to warn Allende of the problems Cuba had encountered when it nationalized milk. That gave Nestle valuable breathing space...
...turn, and a pretty good finish. That was kind of tough for us to take.” Harvard has come from behind many times this season, and going down early has hardly ever meant defeat. But on Saturday, with a muddy field that lent itself to sloppy play, the magic finally ran out. The Crimson pressured through the rest of the first half and put up a smattering of shots through the middle of the second half. One of Harvard’s best chances came after the intermission, when junior Mike Fucito ran onto a through ball from...
...tutorial in favor of, “I just found out my roommate has scabies.” (Unlike the library line, there are no questions asked.) And next time a survey comes out declaring Harvard College a sexual wasteland, we have a rebuttal. In effect, scabies has lent Harvard students a small bit of sexual legitimacy, even if it doesn’t require genital contact for transmission...
...show stayed true to its name; like a diptych—two parallel wooden panels connected by a hinge—the main characters’ stories were separate and dissimilar, yet convened on a singular theme of anger that emerged throughout the play. The complexity of that theme lent uncommon depth to its characters, and made “Diptych” a moving exploration of the human condition...