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Undergraduates fumbled with Lucchino’s hard breaking stuff as he tossed hats, t-shirts, and autographed baseballs (House Master Tom Conley came away with a Jonathan Papelbon sig) around the stately Kirkland JCR. Ask a question, get a prize. Ask a particularly flattering question, get a sweet prize. And so it was a surprise, really, when members of the Harvard baseball team, which co-sponsored the event, presented the Boston head man with a gift...
Diana L. Eck, Lowell House Master, said that she had heard of the incident after the dance from the student’s resident dean...
...apparent downsizing, we should remember that this master thinker is too smart not to appreciate the singular power of his new office or the importance of John Paul?s legacy. Benedict does not want to toss away the hard-won leap in relevance for the papacy achieved by his predecessor: for unifying and purifying the Church, for preaching to the world, and for inspiring the masses. In this day and age, a strictly cerebral Pope, or administrator Pope, would waste much of what can be accomplished from this unique public perch. At the same time, a merely made-for-media...
...distant parts of the body long after the primary growth is gone. Studies of that cell are helping scientists unravel some of cancer's deepest secrets and leading doctors closer to the ultimate goal of any cancer therapy--a cure. Think of the stem cell as a tumor's master print; as long as the original exists, copies can be made, and the disease can persist. But destroy the tumor at its source, and the abnormal cells can't survive. "This represents a conceptual revolution in cancer biology," says Dr. Robert Weinberg, a cancer-research pioneer at the Whitehead Institute...
...decade ago, the production line has been thoroughly overhauled - a process begun before Diana's death but accelerated in its wake. "People who view us as a Victorian institution aren't looking beyond the front of the building," says David Walker, an air vice marshal who is now master of the household, responsible for all public and private entertainment. In 2000 the palace didn't have e-mail. Now it has a full-fledged secure network and a snazzy website with an intranet under development. Staff can get BlackBerries...