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...that be? It is widely accepted that mastering most complex human endeavors requires a minimum of 10 years' experience. The 10-year rule was posited as long ago as 1899, when Psychological Review ran a paper saying it takes at least that long to become expert in telegraphy. The modern study of expert performance began in 1973, when American Scientist published an influential article by researchers Herbert Simon and William Chase saying chess enthusiasts had to play for at least 10 years before they could win international tournaments. (Bobby Fischer was an exception; he played for nine years before becoming...
Adams House Master Sean G. Palfrey ‘67 said there had been a number of criminal episodes in the month preceding the arrival of the 24-hour guards...
Between the hours of 12:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., there was a gap in security in the Houses, said Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley...
...expansion of the undergraduate population—from 4,700 to 5,200 by 2012—while still maintaining the “parklike” nature of the campus. “It’s not a development project—it’s a master plan that a municipality might have,” said Cass Cliatt, a Princeton spokesman. “It’s a framework for development for the next 10 years.” Princeton’s plan foreshadow challenges similar to those that have arisen in the face...
Ral Castro is a master of mixed signals. Cuba's interim President recently agreed to allow representatives from the United Nations Human Rights Council to visit the island next year to inspect its notorious prisons and address its dearth of free expression. It was a concession Fidel Castro had long sneered at, and to many it was a sign that Ral, who has ruled Cuba since major intestinal surgery sidelined his elder brother in 2006, might be willing to break with family tradition. But even as Ral reached out to the U.N., his state security agents were arresting...