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The University, along with the rest of American higher education, eventually has to realize that a professor's quality can't be measured in published pages alone. Harvard's tenure system must reward truly good teachers, not just pay lip service to the second half of their standard of "leading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Making Tenure Work | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

The researchers relied on Cepheid variable stars, whose brightness is constant and measured, as an indicator of distance of the remote galaxies.

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Professors Help Pinpoint Age of the Universe | 5/28/1999 | See Source »

In addition, they measured the stars' "red shift," which indicate the speed at which the stars are receding. Together, the speed and velocity measurements helped the researchers to target the Hubble constant.

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Professors Help Pinpoint Age of the Universe | 5/28/1999 | See Source »

Opponents of Clinton's Kosovo operation argue that this conflict has nothing to do with America's vital national interests. But Gore brings to his adviser-in-chief role a different definition of what those interests are and where our enemies lie. While America for a century has fielded armies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Passion of Al Gore | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

The death of the three Chinese journalists was a tragedy, but the protests that their government orchestrated seemed disproportionate. "Spontaneous demonstrators" were bused by the government to the embassy district, told where to march and given a selection of slogans to shout. As the protests got ugly, China squandered a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Collateral Damage | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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