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...deans’ letter re-confirmed Smith’s earlier commitment to maintaining a system of tenure-track promotion, and left open the possibility for a “small number of exceptions” to the ruling against tenure-track searches—a hint of flexibility that some professors said yesterday was encouraging...
Thirty-thousand, two-hundred, ninety six Subway restaurants are currently open around the world, and Harvard Square will soon be host to another. A Subway Restaurant will open in The Garage “somewhere in mid-January” if all goes according to schedule, said Sanjay Kansagra, the future owner of the store. “The plans are done, now it is matter of just building it,” said John P. DiGiovanni, president of Trinity Property Management, the firm that owns The Garage. According to DiGiovanni, the construction process generally takes a month...
...York magazine. Caroline is a "strong possibility for the job," an unnamed family member told the New York Post, while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg opined, "Caroline Kennedy can do anything." Well, maybe she can - but whether she'll get the chance to is still an open question. (See pictures of TIME's J.F.K. covers...
...funerary tower is part of the ancient burial practice of Zoroastrianism, the world's oldest monotheistic religion. Zoroastrians (known in India as Parsis) regard sky burials, in which the bodies are exposed to natural elements including vultures in open-topped "Towers of Silence," as an ecologically friendly alternative to cremation, consistent with their religion's reverence for the earth. A Zoroastrian priest clad in a long, cotton robe explains: "Death is considered to be the work of Angra Mainyu, the embodiment of all that is evil, whereas the earth and all that is beautiful is considered to be the pure...
...comment. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, the Pentagon's second highest official, did issue the following statement to TIME: "Misunderstandings of the military commission process have led to confusion and controversy. In this environment, BGEN Tom Hartmann has been the steady hand to ensure that the process is open, fair and just. I am grateful for his strong, focused and effective leadership during these dangerous and challenging times." England, who reports to Pentagon boss Robert Gates, is expected to leave in the coming weeks...