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This month seems to have been designated as a time for lost histories to re-emerge. First we learned of the Gospel of Judas, which sheds new light on the history of early Christianity, and then the fishapod, a pre-historic creature thought to bridge the evolution from fin to feet. And this week sees the re-appearance of another, less world-historical but still woefully forgotten "missing link" in the evolution of the graphic novel medium. Kings in Disguise (W.W. Norton; 184 pages; $17), by James Vance and Dan Burr, will finally be reprinted in an affordable, attractive...
...most people, the life of a starting pitcher must seem pretty simple: pitch once every five days, ice your arm, do some light cardio, and plop down on the bench with some Big League Chew and a bag of sunflower seeds for the rest of the week...
...hands with the Red Sox president. The rest of the room watched in choked-up silence, hanging onto every word of resident scholar and moderator Peter Emerson’s tribute to Cosgriff, Walsh, and Lucchino. Among Emerson’s remarks was an apology to Lucchino for shedding light on an act of poignant relative anonymity...
...stellar new hires this fall,” Armini said.Yale Law School Dean Harold H. Koh ’75 warmly—and poetically—welcomed Gerken to New Haven in a statement released to The Crimson yesterday.“Her work shines penetrating light both on why we value diversity, and on what kinds of diversity we should value,” Koh said. “Her brilliant teaching, scholarship, and citizenship will make her an anchor for Yale Law School’s faculty and a beacon for our students and alumni...
...Harvard researcher has unearthed new evidence in the quest to explain how life can thrive under extreme conditions. In a report published in last week’s issue of Science, Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Peter Girguis shed new light on the resiliency of the basic building blocks of life, by studying the behavior of worms that live in thermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. “These worms have been able to feed, reproduce, and live in a niche that no other animal has been able to,” Girguis said...