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...person sled is primarily to propel the sled at the start. Go a tenth of a second too slow in this 50-m run-up, and you're a loser. Jean & Jen finished third in one race, out of the medals in all others, as Germans swarmed the podium. Racine told Davidson not to worry. On Dec. 5, says Davidson, she got a reassuring voice mail: "You and I are going to be on the U.S. Olympic team, and whatever bulls___ we have to deal with to get us there, we're going to do it...I love...
...important for more than p.r. reasons. When an unfamiliar disease hits, even doctors may not know what the signs of the illness are and what to do when patients turn up in their waiting rooms. If HHS, the CDC and other government agencies are jostling one another on the podium, the message is often mixed. And when you toss in the local police and the FBI--as was the case with anthrax--that mixed message turns to gibberish. During the hantavirus outbreak of 1993, the government handled the problem well, with Dr. C.J. Peters, then chief of special pathogens...
...atmosphere is electric. The men are in jeans and sportswear, while most of the women wear scarves over their heads. With few exceptions, the audience is made up of North Africans in their mid-20s. On the podium, 39-year-old Swiss university professor Tariq Ramadan - whose grandfather founded Egypt's Islamic revival movement the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 - begins to speak. "Now more than ever we need to criticize some of our brothers," he tells the packed hall. "My dignity depends on saying, 'You're unjustified if you use the Koran to justify murder.'" The French establishment - with...
Though many students think of their professors as autonomous agents who control a class from the lonely podium in the front of the room, interfaculty relationships have a lot to do with making a department run like a well-oiled machine. Small departments, in particular, mention noticeable friendly interactions between professors. Richard Thomas, chair of the Classics Department, seems particularly impressed by the healthy social atmosphere in Classics. Professors support each other in intellectual pursuits by collaborating in workshops, attending outside lectures and sitting in on their colleagues’ seminars. Thomas also emphasizes the importance of less formal events...
...hotel’s grandiose ballroom sported only sparse Menino decoration. Turquoise and whitebanners on and above the podium read “For Mayor Menino,” as if to dedicate the celebration to him, instead of the more traditional “Menino For Mayor...