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Want to act? Write? Paint? Unless you’re already Picasso, Harvard is not the place...
...released last week revealed that the majority of college educators believe in some form of God. Assistant Professor of Sociology Neil Gross, co-author of the study, said he was surprised to find so many people of faith in the professorate. “Conservative critics of higher education paint the academy as a bastion of atheism,” Gross wrote in an e-mail. “There are indeed more atheists in the professorate than in the general population, but many professors are people of faith.” The study, titled “How Religious...
...impression that their view of Harvard was closer to what they thought readers wanted it to be than what they had experienced. In the end, I didn’t take it. I’m glad I trusted my gut. 02138 is a desperate magazine. It strains to paint Harvard as a clan of glam. The magazine’s cover features the gorgeous Rashida Jones ’97, the daughter of famous music producer Quincy Jones and “Mod Squad” actress Peggy Lipton. Jones is an actress-modelloungewear designer. “She?...
...Maybe that's why one of Taylor's first commercials slyly tried to paint Shuler, 34, as being from out of state and not a local boy at all. Shuler did indeed play college and professional football across the border in Tennessee. But few in the mountain area seem to care about that distinction: they remember Shuler as the quarterback from Swain County High School. And it's certainly why national Democrats - including former North Carolina Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards, who recently came to campaign with Shuler - think this is one seat they can win against...
Sure. But promising a nice paint job isn't the same as claiming to cure cancer. In 1997, Utah-based Nu Skin paid $1.5 million to the Federal Trade Commission, which monitors advertising claims, for five products it said could reduce fat and build muscle. Before that, the company was accused of making unsubstantiated claims about a baldness treatment and a wrinkle lotion. Packaging for many Nu Skin products (and those from sister company Pharmanex) now carries an array of disclaimer asterisks...