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...Daniel wrote about the recent dissolution of the Soviet Socialist Republics,” Seward wrote in an e-mail. “The piece probably could have run in the Economist with minor editing to correct for the spelling of Gorbachev...
...seven years of existence thus far. The Gates Foundation has already given millions to fund global health research in Harvard’s labs. Harvard’s vice provost for research policy, John P. Huchra, said that the announcement “will have no particularly major or minor positive or negative impact on what Harvard does, since we’re essentially interested in all the kinds of work that they want to get done.” David A. Edwards, a biomedical engineering professor in Harvard’s Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, received...
These are the kinds of crimes American cities expected never to see in high numbers again. In the 1990s police departments nationwide began applying the so-called broken-windows theory: arrest the bad guys for minor offenses, and they wouldn't be around to commit more serious ones. This zero-tolerance approach--combined with more cops on the street to enforce it, a strong economy and a fortuitous demographic change that reduced the population of young men who typically cause the most trouble--lowered the rates of murder, robbery and rape for 10 consecutive years. Until last year. Not only...
...average, 1,700 calls a day. As police captain Donald Gaglione told a community meeting, "If your 911 call is not a high priority, it may take several hours before we respond, if at all." But people who live in volatile neighborhoods say they need police to intercede before minor disturbances become serious matters...
...dramatic finale, however, which was punctuated with brass and cymbal crashes, was slightly muddled. Still, the piece effectively conveyed the opera’s fateful tone and segued appropriately to increasingly dramatic performances. The second piece was Johannes Brahms’ “Double Concerto in A minor,” a concerto for violin and cello soloists that is considered one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces. The twin guest performers took to the stage for this number. The Bruskins are slender brunettes distinguishable only by the size of their instruments, violin and cello respectively...