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...under the age of 18. France is not at “war” with its younger population from African origins. It clearly has serious problems of social integration and economic inequality. Yet these issues, which no one in France would ever characterize as purely American phenomena, have long been the subject of intense debate and the focus of numerous government programs and policies...
...members of the Class of 2006 look to their prospects in the future, after Harvard, they must also look to the prospects of future classes. In this way, they can reaffirm that Harvard as an institution stands above passing political phenomena...
...five daily prayers, the exact location of Mecca, and the beginning and end of the holy month of Ramadan. On display are some of the oldest texts and instruments related to the study of the heavens. They were created to answer specific questions, but they also uncovered natural phenomena that helped explain celestial processes. In his Book of Fixed Stars, 10th century scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi provided exact coordinates for 1,018 stars and 48 constellations. A 14th century copy of his book imaginatively renders a constellation as two sword-wielding warriors holding the heads of recently dispatched...
...scientific research has been in areas connected to optical phenomena, and I can tell you a lot about the Rayleigh-scattering answer. Neither I nor any other scientist, however, has anything scientific to say about answer No. 2, the God answer. Not to say that the God answer is unscientific, just that the methods of science don't speak to that answer...
...However, Kerry A. Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at MIT, disagreed that an Indian summer really exists, saying it is just one of the many temperature fluctuations that happens in New England during the winter season. “The Indian Summer is more a psychological than meteorological phenomena,” Emanuel said. “I think what’s at heart here is the human predilection for recognizing patterns.” Like other experts, Emanuel agreed that from tornadoes to blizzards, weather around New England has always been strange. New England?...