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...funding from Harvard’s Green Fund, administered by evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson, and the National Science Foundation. In addition to Moreau, researchers on the study also included Roger Vila and S. Bruce Archibald from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, as well Hessel Professor of Biology Naomi E. Pierce. Charles D. Bell from Florida State University was also a member of the research team...
...someone perhaps too attached to her favorite jeans? NAOMI CAMPBELL was charged with assault for allegedly hurling her cell phone at a housekeeper after, prosecutors say, the stormy supermodel accused the woman of stealing jeans Campbell wanted to wear on Oprah. This isn't the first time Campbell was accused of roughing up an employee. In 2000 she pleaded guilty to assaulting an assistant, and in 2003 a staff member sued, saying Campbell had thrown, yes, a phone at her. The model said the latest allegation is "completely untrue." Her next court date is June 27. We just hope...
...gender neutral society,” said Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, in an interview aired this weekend to promote his recent book, “Manliness”. In the interview, shown on C-SPAN 2’s BookTV, feminist writer Naomi Wolf pressed Mansfield on his opinions about gender. Mansfield argued that manliness is a virtue, which he defined as “confidence in a situation of risk.” “Women don’t seek out risk,” he said. According to Mansfield...
...Attendees dressed the part. Brokeback Mountain writer Larry McMurtry picked up his best adapted screenplay Oscar in jeans and cowboy books. The Wallace & Gromit directors Nick Park and Steve Box accepted for best animated feature in cartoonish Paul Smith bow-ties. Presenter King Kong?s Naomi Watts wore a distressed Givenchy gown that looked straight from Skull Island. Fortunately, Best Actress nominee Felicity Huffman left her Transamerica look at home, choosing a low-cut gown that proves she?s all woman...
...NAOMI NOVIK A British naval captain boards a French warship (this being the Napoleonic era) and discovers a dragon's egg in the hold. This does not surprise him. In his reality, dragons are in common use by the military; popular breeds include Winchesters and Regal Coppers. But dragons bond at birth, and when the egg hatches at sea, our hero, Captain Laurence, must become the dragon's rider--which distresses him, since, as everyone knows, "no woman of sense and character would deliberately engage her affections on an aviator." Laurence's induction into the strange, insular world of 19th...