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ANDREW WEIL 2005 Founder of the Weil Lifestyle and a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine My vote is for Mother Nature. Ours is a very active, ever-changing planet, and we are constantly reminded that human tenancy on it has been brief and remains uncertain. Others worthy of honor this year are "the unknown Iraqi victim" and the Google Guys...
Patricia A. King, a Georgetown professor who helped pioneer the study of bioethics and law, was elected yesterday as the first African-American woman on the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board.King will replace Conrad K. Harper, the board’s first black male, who resigned in August amid growing discontent with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ comments on women and minorities. In a telephone interview yesterday from her office at the Georgetown Law Center, King said, “In my experience, times like these and troubles like these can often lead...
Patricia A. King, a Georgetown professor who helped pioneer the study of bioethics and law, was elected today as the first African-American woman on the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board...
...Squash Championships in July 2005. “I just wanted to single-mindedly be more focused on my squash,” says Lorentzen, who preserved her amateur status by not accepting prize money for any of her competitions. The summer after high school, she competed in the Pioneer Junior Open in Germany and the Dutch Junior Open, taking fifth and third. She spent the first half of last year at home in Connecticut working with a new coach, working part-time with the urban youth development program CitySquash, and playing in U.S. tournaments.Then Lorentzen went abroad, playing...
...Using a DVD of Constantine (surprisingly watchable, by the way), I compared the YSP-800 to a mid-priced surround-sound setup with Acoustic Research speakers powered by Pioneer's VSX-72TXV receiver (more on the Pioneer receiver in the coming weeks). I was impressed by how well the sound projector could replace the five speakers that are carefully positioned-ugly exposed wiring and all-around my TV room. The speakers give a little more midrange than the sound projector, but when it came to the tinkling of glass or rushing of wind in the surround channel, both rigs gave...