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...interface between scientific disciplines first requires full tool boxes from each of the fields, tool boxes that are packed during the freshman and sophomore years. Then, if you make it to the upper level science courses, light dawns, and you are ushered into 21st century science, complete with its porous boundaries between fields. Unfortunately, however, far too many students never make it to the dawn...
...regular class reports for the regular reunions—fifth, 10th, 15th, 30th—are Cornell red, paperback, with cardboard covers porous to the touch. But the 25th Anniversary Report is colored crimson, its titular letters in gold trim, the twin shields of Harvard and Radcliffe embossed on the front, raised a little so you can feel them if you run your hands over their rims...
Recent security concerns, however, have given India new reasons to reassert itself in Nepal by investing in infrastructure as well as more troops on the border. Security experts say that that jihadist groups in the region exploit the porous border between India and Nepal, and they worry that India's Maoist insurgency may do the same. "That is their biggest concern," says Nayak. (See pictures of China's infrastructure boom...
...Egyptian authorities say the smuggling is illegal, and have blamed the porous border with Gaza for instability and terrorism in Sinai. Speaking on live television on Jan. 24, President Hosni Mubarak said, "We have started construction along our borders not to appease anyone but to protect our nation from terrorist plots like the ones that took place in Taba, Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Cairo...
Dobbs could be a credible spoiler. One poll showed him attracting Perot-like presidential support, in the low teens. And the temptation is understandable, because the barrier between politics and media stardom has been getting more porous. Al Franken went from SNL star to radio host to Senator. Mike Huckabee has a show on Fox News. Sarah Palin left Alaska's governorship to be an author and a media gadfly. Glenn Beck recently announced a political-activist movement involving a "100-year plan" for America...