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...didn’t have a space set aside for our majors where they could maybe make a little bit more noise.”“I expect to hear lots of ‘eureka!’s and off-the-wall comments about angular momentum and the Schrodinger equation and such,” wrote associate head tutor David Morin in an e-mail statement. “You know, the usual things that come up when physics students get together.”All students who normally have access to Jefferson during...
...credit, its arc is the most emergent of the set. But its experimental tuning and discordant guitar work nearly negates a brief, but shining, moment of Beatlesque pop. Unfortunately the middle of the song goes off into a slow, jarring tangent, and the song’s momentum is stymied by unnecessary noodlings. Because Long often gives in to experimental impulses, the songs on “Time to Die” are entirely too long, averaging around four and a half minutes with the longest, “Troll Nacht,” clocking in at over...
Last year Harvard fought to an unexpected 1-1 tie against the Eagles, and this Friday it is hoping to pull out the win. If the Crimson succeeds, it will give the team great momentum going into the weekend’s second match against Boston University, which will be televised live on the Fox Soccer Channel...
...accompli: the troops were arriving in Helmand. "The ship was moving in that direction," a military expert told me, "and it would have been difficult to turn it around." Indeed, it would have taken months of planning to change course. The additional troops were needed immediately to blunt the momentum of the Taliban and also to provide security for the Afghan elections. The trouble was, the troops would have been better deployed in Helmand's neighbor to the east - Kandahar province, especially in Kandahar city and its suburbs. "Kandahar is the center of gravity in this insurgency," says John Nagl...
...Waxman-Markey Bill, which the House passed in July, is a strong step in the right direction. But much of the public momentum behind the bill stalled after it was sent to the Senate and health-care debates took over. This is not to suggest that people have completely forgotten Waxman-Markey. Power companies and other opponents of the bill have quietly continued to lobby for lower restrictions and decreased stringency in the proposed cap-and-trade system. An op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer over Labor Day lambasted the bill for the supposed job losses it would cause...