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...late in the afternoon the clouds turned black and there was this freakish wind that just tore through the pavilion as I was talking with Jones. Then there was this torrent of rain. He basically said that the Temple was being destroyed from within, and what he meant by that was that these defectors-were going to tell the world eventually what was really going on inside Jonestown, and that the end was drawing near. So it was a very ominous moment before we even left Jonestown...
...irrepressible founder of the World Toilet Organization, otherwise known as the other WTO. Sim, a retired Singaporean entrepreneur, built the WTO from a group of one - himself - to a sprawling network of 151 organizations in 53 countries. Among his innovations is World Toilet Day, this Nov. 19, which is meant to publicize the plight of billions of people who go without toilets and fight the taboo that nearly all cultures have about business in the bathroom. That quiet embarrassment - similar to the hush around sexual practices that once muffled AIDS activism - keeps sanitation out of the world's top health...
...modernization and in recognizing students’ concerns. It also shows a responsible and timely concern for the environment. However, one unfortunate limitation to the program remains: files of the scanned copies of books will not be stored for future use because of copyright constrictions. Such copies would have meant that future requests for books would gradually become near-instantaneous, while ensuring the preservation of the books in HUL’s archives should the hard copy be destroyed. We hope that HUL will push for even greater access moving forward...
...midfielder Rachael Lau went down on a play for the ball and sat out the final ticks.BIG SHOES TO FILLHarvard has a bright future ahead, with a core of young players poised to move up and lead the team in 2009. But the season’s final game meant the final minutes of the five seniors’ soccer careers. Only midfielders Lau and Erin Wylie saw action on Friday night, which saw Wylie turn in one of the best games of her four years in a Crimson uniform. Not only did the one-time league Rookie...
...published research and probationary periods of up to 10 years, K-12 teachers can win tenure after working as little as two years in some states. And thanks to the rigid testing requirements put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the academic freedom that tenure was meant to protect has been severely curtailed...