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Alliah D. Agostini ’04, the only Harvard undergraduate to participate in SVMP last summer, said she was concerned that the program could be diverted from its original mission of reaching out to minority groups...
...Which brings me to the raison d?etre for this letter from Orlando. The last time I did one of these minor-key adventure series in this electronic space was last fall, when I embarked upon a mission to witness the epic Sox-Yanks playoff series from the stands, and write about the wild ride for Time.com. Some readers got a kick out of the ferociously biased account; some felt I was just another lame, pathetic loser. In any event, when I saw the kid in the Brady shirt and was reminded of our recent New England triumph...
...happy news to report: It?s not just science and culture any more. Somebody whispered in Epcot?s ear along the way, ?Rides. It?s the rides, you mope. The folks - they like rides.? Now you?ve got hyper-exciting attractions like ?Test Track? and especially this year?s ?Mission: SPACE,? as well as 3-D movies (?Honey, I Shrunk the Audience?) and bio-medical thrill rides (?Body Wars...
...Dave had to work on a case in London via computer on Day Two - an eerily suitable predicament on Epcot Day - so the happy task of taking Christopher to ?Mission: SPACE? fell to Uncle Bobby, which is me. ?Mission? is a heckuva ride. They give you three or four chances to back out before the harness slips down and, in a room that doesn?t go anywhere, they zoom you to Mars. If you?re squeamish, take their heed. They keep saying the ride can cause motion sickness, and I will offer as Exhibit A the young...
...incontinence. That's not a typical concern around Intel's Portland, Ore., campus, where most of the 14,500 employees are preoccupied with building smaller and faster computer chips. But Dishman, 35, a vibrant sociologist with tight tufts of light brown hair, heads Intel's Proactive Health Lab. His mission is to use technology to assist people with the "activities of daily living"--getting dressed, making meals and so forth--so that we can all age with dignity and stay home with loved ones as long as possible...