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A lot of people hate doodlers, those who idly scribble during meetings (or classes or trials or whatever). Most people also hate that other closely related species: the fidgeter, who spins pens or reorders papers or plays with his phone during meetings. (I stand guilty as charged. On occasion, I...
The habit naturally extends to politics. In the U.S., where Republicans are associated with red and the Democrats are linked with blue, politicians drift from those affiliations - Barack Obama, for instance, wore a red tie when he was sworn in as President, and outgoing President George W. Bush chose a...
In truth, Islamabad's protests may camouflage a tacit backing of the drone attacks, of which there have been more than 30 since August. Pakistan's governments have ritually condemned the attacks as "counterproductive," going as far as to summon the U.S. ambassador on one occasion. However, after Senator Dianne...
Students, professors, and community members paid tribute to civil rights leader and Harvard Law School alum Charles Hamilton Houston at a stamp commemoration event and panel discussion Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Cambridge Post Office, the occasion marked the release of the Civil Rights Pioneers stamp sheet—a...
Harvard will lose yet another prominent academic when proteonomics specialist and Medical School Lecturer Joshua LaBaer leaves for Arizona State University this June. Earlier this year, LaBear received an offer from Arizona State University to head the newly-founded Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, where he was promised...