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...discussion of the Curricular Review’s report on General Education is expected to be on the docket for the March 15 meeting. A report on the review’s progress was slated to occur at the Feb. 15 meeting, but never occurred...
...News diehards and New York prep-school alums--means that the trial will be one of the most closely watched of any to come out of the Iraq war. The preliminary hearing will be open to the public and so, most likely, will a general court-martial, should it occur. "This one will get tried on TV," says a former military lawyer, "not at some small base in the middle of nowhere...
...That's what the brain does best." A small but charming 2004 study published in Nature found that people who learned how to juggle increased the gray matter in their brains in certain locations. When they stopped juggling, the new gray matter vanished. A similar structural change appears to occur in people who learn a second language. Remember that new research on spatial memory in rhesus monkeys? The young females dramatically improved their performance through simple training, wiping out the gender gap altogether...
Though many of these “communication wonders” occur in the workplace, all of these strategies can be used at home or with friends. Her advice on communication as a vehicle of persuasion is effective, concise, and, I’ll admit, even a little persuasive...
...earnestly for the day when Alzheimer’s, cancer, and diabetes have all been relegated to the list of ailments we no longer fear. Fundamentally, both sides wish to see advances in medical science and both sides recognize the potential of stem cell treatment. What needs to occur is a forthright debate over the exact nature of the research that is permissible, not another fruitless battle of the forces of “science” against those of “ignorance” and “superstition...