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...served under three presidents, four deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, only one provost..but there was a lot of interim-ness,” said former GSAS Dean Theda R. Skocpol this winter, “so it was hard to make progress or big news on big pending problems...
...announcement of a "dawn raid" - the police swooping on the unsuspecting targets - might have conjured images from the Chicago of Al Capone and Eliot Ness, or from an episode of Miami Vice...
...just, ‘Students Unbottle Genie on Cabot Stage?’” Of course, it fit perfectly. Despite the inherent difficulties, the New York Times often adds an unnecessary constraint to the requisite limits imposed by space and information. Their headlines have a certain Timesey-ness; it’s hard to define, but regular readers know it when they see it. To provide a bit of direction, I present the Times-iest front page headlines of Fall 2007: 1) Well: Ate Too Much? Tight Pants May Be the Smallest Worry This Thanksgiving stunner features...
...fans of underground art and more than a few mainstream collectors, snapping Banksy would be like bagging the Loch Ness monster - and there are similar questions as to whether the photo is real. A spokesman for the artist confirmed that the Bethnal Green mural is Banksy's handiwork, but declined to say whether he is the man in the photograph. (See pictures of Banksy's secret art show...
...ever envision becoming so prolific a builder of latrines? -Ricardo Fernandez, Orland Park, Ill. [Laughs.] Ethiopia has one of the highest incidences of blind?ness on earth because of trachoma, which is caused by filthy eyes. To eliminate flies, we taught people how to build very simple latrines. Women have adopted building them as a kind of liberation movement - there had been a rigid taboo against a woman relieving herself in the daytime - so although we thought we'd have about 10,000 latrines, we've passed 340,000. Now instead of my being famous for negotiating peace between Israel...