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There are a number of caveats to bear in mind, however. Those results are preliminary and have not yet appeared in a peer-reviewed research journal--although the National Cancer Institute has posted a lot of information on its website cancer.gov/star) Women at high risk of cardiovascular problems were not included in the study since both drugs are known to increase the risk of blood clots. In addition, raloxifene is currently approved only for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis...
...research resources as the University’s greatest draws, and the University Benefits Office website highlights the “generous benefits, tuition assistance, and work/life balance” available for faculty members, professors say that the perks they actually receive pale in comparison to those offered at peer institutions.“I’m not complaining, but I certainly don’t feel that Harvard faculty are especially pampered or privileged compared to faculty at other, similar universities,” Elizabeth Spelke, who is Berkman professor of psychology and has worked at Penn, Cornell...
...hard drives for future use. Krikorian insists that Slingbox does not undermine rights because it simply extends the range within which an individual can watch programs sent to his home, in the same way that making a video recording for personal use does. Slingbox specifically avoids the P2P (peer-to-peer) reach associated with music-sharing services like Napster, which got in trouble by allowing users to share material illegally. "We allow only one stream at a time,'' he notes. That is, a Slingbox routes a TV signal only to its owner. Users cannot configure it to spread the signal...
...down interview at The Crimson, the new chief executive of the Harvard Management Company (HMC), Mohamed A. El-Erian, squelched speculation that the University would follow the path of peer institutions—including Yale—that hire outside firms to steer their endowments...
...members of the class of 2006 look forward to being ushered into life after college by world leaders, journalists, or other public figures, both Harvard students and those at peer institutions have expressed disappointment with their schools’ choices of commencement and class day speakers. One Harvard senior said he was unhappy with the choice of Jim Lehrer as this year’s Commencement Day speaker. “[Jim Lehrer] is an insightful journalist...I only wish we had someone more inspirational,” said Todd Van Stolk-Riley ’06 of this year?...