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...become a flamethrower, spreading glowing embers half a mile (800 m) or more. The Santa Anas have been midwife to the most destructive wildfires in California's history, from the Great Fire of 1889 to the 2003 disaster that blackened nearly 700,000 acres (280,000 hectares) of forest. Lifelong residents of the state know the Santa Anas and dread them. As Joan Didion has written, "The wind shows us how close to the edge...
...task force has yet to prioritize neighborhood requests that they compiled last spring in a benefits matrix—requests that include art and music education programs for a local school and the expansion of neighborhood parks. Currently, Harvard has proposed allocating the funds across four categories, including lifelong learning, economic and workforce development, physical enhancements, and the city’s housing trust fund. But some task force members expressed concern about accepting Harvard’s proposal without articulating the priorities of the community. “The current plan for community benefits as I understand...
...globe for 35 years, speaking to business people--including at such bastions of commerce as Wharton, Kellogg and Harvard business schools--luring them with assertions about learning to improve concentration and productivity, eliminate stress and develop their intellectual discipline and overall well-being. His message derives from his lifelong study of the ancient system of philosophy called Vedanta, the focus of a nonprofit academy he established 19 years ago outside Mumbai (formerly Bombay...
...Chief Justice has been encouraging people not to make too much of the court's divisions. A lifelong baseball fan, he turns again to a sports analogy. A single term in the life of the court, he likes to say, is like a single at bat in a baseball game...
...that he'll need more than a Southern drawl and an easy laugh. In a May 2007 Time poll, voters found Clinton the least religious candidate. The lifelong Methodist and former Sunday-school teacher faces the challenge of convincing Americans her faith is genuine. That's in part why she's given Strider a senior role, unusual for a Democratic campaign. "I'm not stuck in some corner, just to be pulled out when someone named Reverend calls," he says, in a pointed reference to John Kerry's 2004 campaign. "Religion is fully integrated, from the candidate on down...