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...from Princeton and Harvard universities has calculated that the oceans were probably at least 26 ft. higher than they are now, maybe as much as 31 ft. higher. That's significantly higher than the 13-ft.-to-19-ft. range scientists have been counting on, and it is, write Peter Huybers of Harvard and Peter Clark of Oregon State University in an accompanying commentary in Nature, "a disconcerting message." (See the top 10 green ideas...
Following recent news that Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58 has chosen to step down from the Harvard Corporation—the University’s highest governing body—Reverend Peter J. Gomes suggested that a Harvard faculty member should fill in the opening...
...Harvard professor has not held a seat on the six-member committee since former University President Derek C. Bok appointed former Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky in 1987 and Reverend Peter J. Gomes suggested that the vacancy on the Corporation could be an opportune moment for change...
...week, or $1,087 per day. Capacity across the industry has increased--15 ships have launched this year, including Carnival's Dream, and 12 set sail next year--so there are deals of less than $60 per day out there. "Hotels are shaking in their boots," says Peter Yesawich, CEO of Y Partnership, a marketing firm, "and they should...
...Soldiers who are suffering from posttraumatic stress are six times more likely to commit suicide than those that are not," General Peter Chiarelli told the House Armed Services Committee on Dec. 10. "The greatest single debilitating injury of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is posttraumatic stress." Nearly 1 in 5 soldiers - more than 300,000 - comes home from the wars reporting symptoms of PTSD. Army officials also acknowledge that substance abuse, fueled by repeated combat tours, and a war-created shortage of mental-health professionals, contribute to mental ills that can lead to suicide...