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...cattle herd that is the White House press corps. But wait, a dog named Bo? As in Barack Obama's initials? With all the Harvard heavyweights manning the ship of state, no one could come up with a more creative name than Bo? FlyBy thinks B.O.'s claims to membership of the academic elite are seriously undermined by his utterly unimaginative choice of name...
...practice is quickly gaining popularity. There are now close to 50 schools of yoga offering yoga-therapy training in the U.S. And the International Association of Yoga Therapists has more than tripled its membership from 2003 to 2009, to about 2,500 members. "Now we have more licensed health-care providers, including psychologists, coming in who are interested in using yoga in their work," says Kelly McGonigal, the editor in chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy...
...Adding to the confusion, the term “Senior Common Room” can be used to refer to both a physical space in the House and the group of distinguished academics and professionals who comprise the membership of a House’s SCR. As the College moves forward in its first comprehensive renovation program in 26 years, it should aggressively address this deficiency in the House system. The SCR currently seems to be suffering from a severe case of mission drift: It is unclear whether an SCR is supposed to serve as a source of academic advising...
...expected to win a fourth consecutive term in South Africa's parliamentary and presidential elections on April 22. But for the first time since it came to power with the end of apartheid in 1994, that result is not guaranteed, and by any measure - popularity, membership, moral authority - the party is in decline. Its leaders are embroiled in a series of scandals involving both corruption and ineptitude. As a government, it has failed to stem raging violent crime and the world's largest HIV/AIDS epidemic. It has presided over an economic boom that has made millionaires of a well-connected...
...With the growth in membership this year, the polo team has forged a strong sense of community. “A vast majority of the people are very down-to earth people who like horses,” Nick says. “They’re definitely kids, you know, I’ve got an opportunity to know and hang out with that I probably never would have...