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...seems like he enjoys to shock people, but he went way too far this time.” Of Watson’s suspension as Cold Springs chancellor, Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Andrew Berry said, “It’s like a parent being cut off from their child.” “He turned a sleepy Long Island research institute into, arguably, the greatest biological powerhouse in the world,” Berry said in an interview Friday. “It’s his greatest legacy.” Berry...
...parent who has tried to buy tickets for her tour, which sold out in minutes and have fetched more than $1,000 from scalpers. (The reselling--legal in most states--prompted outrage and lawsuits, giving kids a lesson in the American pillars of capitalism and litigation.) Says Debra Rathwell, senior vice president of AEG Live, the tour's promoter: "I've had e-mails from people saying, 'Should I not pay my mortgage this month and go to Hannah Montana?'" With the popularity of Hannah (and franchises including High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Cheetah...
...while ideally parents should be responsible for transmitting information and values to their children, the school has a responsibility to children whose parents can't or won't do so. One committee member, Sarah Thompson, mother of an eighth grader, admitted that the proposal made her "uncomfortable," but she understood the need. "I know I've done my job as a parent," Thompson said. "[But there] may be a time when she doesn't feel comfortable coming to me [and] not all these kids have a strong parental advocate at home...
...tree determines which ones make the cut, shedding the blossoms that are not receiving enough light or that otherwise don't seem viable. It is, for a tree, a sort of selective termination on a vast scale. "You've got 99% of the babies being thrown out by the parent," says Mock. "The tree just drops all the losers...
...seen meager but successful sales for the past two years. And it doesn’t stop with alumni. Anotnio A. Pino ’10’s shirt company Di Porto has sold out of samples, and mainly due to Harvard’s business. Timothy M. Parent ’09, whose charity fashion show Project East is slated for a November 4th exhibition and banquet, was written about in The Boston Globe...