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...there is a lesson to be learned from the happenings of the past year, it is this: Today’s world is a complex sociopolitical system, one that resists speculation from the narrow or clouded lens. From Cambridge in particular, where much of the high drama consists in interdepartmental squabbles and where an unmet quorum can constitute the positive derailment of progress, international crises can present themselves as geopolitical Gordian knots: impossible to disentangle entirely and inclined only to tighten further after the overzealous jerk of careless hands...
...came to Harvard from being at a college in Wisconsin with a rather narrow Christian definition of itself, and it didn’t transfer very well,” said Bruner, referring to Pusey’s time as the president of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis. from...
...drawbacks: it required the use of “a directed and precompensated beacon” and operated based on what have been termed “magic frequencies”—frequencies that humans calculate would likely be used by aliens trying to contact us. Such narrow search mechanisms limit the ability to search the sky, forcing Horowitz to ask: “How hard are these guys up there really going to work...
...never heard of alcoholic energy drinks, you're almost certainly over 25. Sold in tall, narrow cans, they carry teen-friendly names such as Sparks, Tilt and Joose. Like other flavored malt beverages - Mike's Hard Lemonade, for one, or Champale ("the malt liquor you serve like champagne") from back in the '60s - alcoholic energy drinks contain a lot of sugar and flavoring. The difference is that this new generation of malt beverages also contains stimulants. A typical can has about as much caffeine as a venti cup of Starbucks, along with additives like guarana and ginseng that...
...there is another port, across the continent from L.A., where things look a lot different. Stand on River Street in the old Georgia city of Savannah, and the big ships you see squeezing out to sea through the narrow river channel actually float lower than the ones coming in. They're full of exports...