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The term “placebo” has been around for centuries; it originates from the Latin for “I shall please,” which then developed into a derogatory term for a medication aimed at pleasing the patient more than healing him. Today, it refers...

Author: By Michael A. Sun | Title: On a Pill and a Prayer | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

They’d been born The Unicorns; they were reincarnated as Islands. Traces of their past life are scattered throughout their third album, “Vapours,” and the ebb and flow of these remnants shape a strange topography; the result lies somewhere in between the...

Author: By Hana Bajramovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Islands | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

A new era has dawned in Leverett House dining hall. A screen now covers the infamous multicolored mural on the House’s pristine walls. Its presence is ominous, hinting at the mural’s upcoming removal. The old painting will soon be replaced with a sweeping landscape...

Author: By Li S. Zhou | Title: A Dining Room With a (New) View | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

Months after my return to the States, I encountered my first Varma painting while flipping through my high-school art-history textbook. (My class never got to the section on Indian art, which wasn’t covered on the AP Exam.) I would come to blame artists like Varma...

Author: By Silpa Kovvali | Title: Shirking Tradition | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

The Democratic outreach to Shelby could signal a repeat of their credit-card-bill strategy. Some observers see Dodd and the Administration working to craft a bill close enough to Shelby's liking so that even if it gets rammed through the committee with Democratic base-pleasing measures he won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Finance Reform, Obama's Unlikely Partner | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

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