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...deeply human compulsion to gather and to celebrate; in our more or less secular society, it has insufficient outlet. At Harvard, where we are frequently trapped by our self-involvement, the problem is particularly acute. Good parties and concerts sometimes crystallize into a sort of communal joy, but the phenomenon is rare. On St. Patrick’s Day, though, the various greens brightening the Yard made it feel as though we’d overcome a little of our self-involvement. On St. Patrick’s Day, we become a high school history book writer?...
...about double that in previous wars, mostly because soldiers' ceramic-plated vests and Kevlar helmets still leave limbs vulnerable. These soldiers might have died in past wars, when bullets and shrapnel hit their unarmored torsos. While more and more soldiers are surviving battles, though, doctors have uncovered a new phenomenon among those who return: traumatic brain injuries caused by explosions that damage neurological fibers. Some soldiers have come home completely intact, only to suffer memory loss, dizziness and insomnia, even sometimes losing the ability to walk and recognize their loved ones. This is a side of the war that...
...Princess preys upon every typical teen-flick phenomenon...
...Thanks to the visceral outrage emanating from every panel, the strip managed to tap into a well of liberal anger that propelled it to international acclaim. Visually primitive but absolutely fearless in its incisive political bite, “Get Your War On” quickly became an internet phenomenon and Rees joined the ranks of the brave few media personas who were willing to poke fun at the freshly wounded America...
...Sendhil [Mullainathan] has a brilliant ability to identify genius tests of important social phenomenon,” says Laibson, who described Mullainathan’s most current research in the psychological effect of marketing as “remarkable...