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...motion to restart the practice of sending official notices informing Faculty members of colleagues' deaths has been submitted to the Faculty Council and will be brought to a vote at next month's meeting...
...also the Master of Lowell House, submitted a motion to reinstate black-bordered cards to the Faculty Council after her initial impromptu motion at the April 11 Faculty Meeting failed to gain the required four-fifths majority support...
Suddenly humans had a planet to tend to. Planet-scale perspective on atmospheric health, ocean health and stable climate made strictly national approaches obsolete. Environmental nongovernmental organizations bloomed to set in motion mechanisms for emerging global governance...
...boys into boys in the womb. In the first weeks after conception, all embryos are technically sexless. Around the sixth week of gestation, the presence of the Y chromosome in males triggers a complex set of signals that cause a surge in testosterone. Among other things, that sets in motion the formation of the penis and testes. In adolescence, boys undergo another eruption that deepens their voices, causes hair to form on their bodies and allows their muscles to enlarge. Testosterone in the blood of teenage boys can jump to as high as 2,000 nanograms, which helps explain teenage...
PALM WARS Microsoft's new Pocket PCs (described at left) will soon have more than Palm to compete with. Next month Research in Motion, whose two-way pager won accolades last year for its compact size and wireless stock-trading capability, plans to release its own $500 handheld. The Blackberry 957 will feature an organizer, address book and note-taking features. Wireless e-mail service will cost $40 a month. While the RIM will link to corporate e-mail, a monochrome screen and paucity of extras could make it a tough sell...