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...unheard of in the remains of prehistoric Americans. They can also be seen in ancient bones from northern Asia. There's no reason, say experts, to conclude this was some sort of Neolithic Christopher Columbus. As one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in the Pacific Northwest, however, it could tell anthropologists an enormous amount about the lives and ethnic background of the people who first colonized the Americas...
...voicing my objections to the agreement, I do not want to seem the saboteur to this new team. People often misinterpret my dissension as a sign that I think PBHA should separate itself from the Harvard community. This is not the case. PBHA should remain nestled in the northwest corner of Harvard Yard for as long as possible; the issue here is whether or not PBHA will truly function as a human service non-profit corporation or a student group victimized by the paternalism that characterizes Harvard's administration. Given our rapid growth over the past several years...
...representing the district, which stretches from wealthy, progressive Harvard Square to the ethnic blue-collar sections of northwest Cambridge, O'Neill coined the phrase "all politics is local...
...months in 1993, otherwise healthy young people had been showing up at hospital emergency rooms on the Navajo reservation in northwest New Mexico. At first they complained of flulike symptoms. Then, within hours, most of them died of acute respiratory failure, literally drowning in their own bodily fluids. Frustrated officials with the Indian Health Service, the University of New Mexico and the state's health department put in a call to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In a matter of days, highly trained specialists--essentially a public-health swat team from the premier U.S. government...
Smack in the middle of northern Illinois dairy country, and about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Harvard is a typical Midwestern farm town. Most of the 5,975 residents work on dairy farms, in tool and plastics manufacturing, or in health care. In June, Motorola Inc., the telecommunications giant, completed a cellularphone facility, and is the town's largest employer. About 15 percent of the population is Hispanic...