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...developing countries. The $100 million gift of David Rockefeller ’36 in April, the largest donations ever given to Harvard by an alumnus, will be used in part to fund these international programs.“There’s no excuse for students, especially broad-minded students at Harvard, not to be spending time abroad,” says Wu, who also says she appreciates Harvard’s study abroad programs and infrastructure. “Unless people do this, the gap in poverty, the developmental issues, will not be solved,” she says...
...found the most pessimistic individuals had a 42 percent higher death rate than the most optimistic subjects. Simon said the findings show that there is strong connection between the brain and overall health. “I think this is just one of many examples of the unity of mind and body, and the fact that the mind is a really, very powerful organ,” he said. Gregory L. Fricchione, a professor of psychiatry at the Medical School, said he agrees with the findings presented in the article. “The resiliency that we have as human...
...Civil Rights Act forbade pay discrimination on the basis of race, gender or religion, the act held that employees must lodge a formal complaint within 180 days of the initial discriminatory paycheck. According to the law, Ledbetter needed to have sued within six months of her being hired-never mind that it took her nearly 20 years to learn she earned less. In the 2006 Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear, the court agreed with the tiremaker, leaving Ledbetter with no award at all. Oh, but she did receive a $3,165 bill from Goodyear for "court costs...
...nobody can be counted out.“Sure, Boston College has proved themselves as the dominant team, but nobody’s infallible,” Dolbec said. “People might not underestimate us as much as they did this weekend, but if you put your mind to it, anything’s possible.”—Staff writer Kate Leist can be reached at kleist@fas.harvard.edu...
...teeth into the show’s many variations on “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd,” a jittering, melodic, gothic theme that drives what is surely one of the best opening scenes of any musical.One of these variations, in particular, sticks in my mind. Three tenors, in spot-on close harmony, stretch the theme’s muscular second half into a single, eerie legato line, singing, “See your razor gleam, Sweeney / See how well it fits / As it floats across the throats of hypocrites.” What a line...