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...truly mass experiences - Olympics, elections, the Super Bowl - still play out on TV, even if "TV" now includes computers and phones. As for the loss of being able to make small talk with the mailman over who shot J.R. - I'll trade it for Mad Men and the ability to skip ads with TiVo. We'll find something else to talk about. (See the best and worst Super Bowl commercials...
...lands who fled to Israel were absorbed and housed, and not kept in refugee camps. Sadly, the unfortunate Palestinians' numbers have now ballooned from thousands to millions. All refugees have rights. The Jewish refugees from Arab lands are the forgotten refugees who were never compensated, either for their financial loss or the trauma that they suffered. Lillian Cohen, KFAR MONASH, ISRAEL...
...movie. This drama-filled endeavor was the beginning of the Harvard men’s lacrosse team’s spring break matchups.The No. 13 Crimson clashed with Georgetown yesterday on the Hoyas home Multi-Sport Field, falling to its non-league opponent in overtime, 8-9. This painful loss dropped Harvard’s record to 4-2 (1-0 Ivy.)“The game was hard fought,” said co-captain and defensive standout Max Gotschall. “Unfortunately we didn’t come out on the winning side...
...protest in Tiananmen Square in 1989, was taken away from his home in the middle of the night by armed policemen. There has been no news since then of Zhang, who had served in one of the military units that put down the protests and contributed to the loss of hundreds of lives...
...babies who underwent surgery in the Mayo study were treated for a wide range of conditions, few of which were brain-related. By far, the most common procedure performed on the infants involved the insertion of tubes in the ears to remove fluid to prevent hearing loss and potential delays in speech and language skills; 26% of the babies undergoing surgery fell into this category. One-quarter of the infants needed general surgery, while 13% required some type of orthopedic procedure. Only 1% of the infants who had surgery needed a neurological procedure. That suggests that some aspect...