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...MacArthur and his men on the gulf shore were left to rely on a ragtag pack of converted transport ships to fend off Kurita’s assault. For “Doug MacArthur’s navy,” as the fledgling fleet was called, fighting was fierce—and, in many cases, fatal. Perhaps old soldiers never die, but young ones did in droves. In total, 473 Americans—along with more than 12,000 Japanese—perished in the battle...
We’ve seen Colbert salivate over MacArthur Grants and Fields Medals. He’s persuaded Barry Manilow to “share custody” of an Emmy statue. He had a bridge in Hungary (almost) named after him. Clearly Colbert loves accolades...
...number is vastly higher. In the past few weeks alone, reports have come out in Cell, Nature and the Journal of Neuroscience implicating the mitochondria as factors in diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Indeed, says Dr. Vamsi Mootha, a Harvard Medical School researcher who won a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 2004 for his work on mitochondria, "it looks like they're really important in diabetes, hypertension and many other common diseases--even in the aging process itself...
...Lawrence H. Summers, was the previous occupant of the Fletcher chair.“It makes it even more special that my dear friend Cornel West was the first incumbent of this professorship,” said Gates, who has been honored with a National Humanities Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship.Last week, Af-Am Chair Evelynn Brooks Higginbotham informed the departmental faculty that West will not be returning to Harvard, a long-discussed rumor.“He’s decided to stay because of the big initiative in Af-Am studies there,” said Gates, referring...
Though artists are often famous for walking the fine line between genius and insanity, the latest MacArthur Award winner Anna Schuleit has taken this phrase to its literal conclusion—transforming deserted psychiatric wards into works of art. A graduate of RISD and Dartmouth and currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, the German-born Anna Schuleit decided to create art from state mental hospitals because of her own fascination with the history of psychiatry. “What happens to people in their society when other people tell them they’re not sane anymore...