Word: porousness
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...This remains an area of significant interest, not for its own sake but because of our conviction that some of the most interesting scholarship and exciting learning is taking place at the increasingly porous boundaries between traditional disciplines,” Kirby wrote in an e-mail...
...Depart to Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind,” says the exit. But don’t we already strive to do both at once? Aren’t the boundaries of the Yard—the space and the College itself—more porous than ever before? Indeed, is that old motto, explicating the separation between Harvard and the world, any more necessary nowadays than the old gate and the wall on which it’s written...
...turn is a product of the radioactive breakdown of uranium. The gas has long been recognized as a health threat to uranium miners, who suffer abnormally high rates of lung cancer. But as a gas, radon can flow for miles underground, often rising to the surface through faults and porous rock far from any source of uranium. In fact, the Watras house is located in a region called the Reading Prong, from which larger-than-normal quantities of radon rise. The region stretches from Reading, Pa., eastward across northern New Jersey and into New York State, High levels of indoor...
...intelligence sources say the Thais' presence in Kuala Lumpur, which has so far been spared a terrorist attack, is a disturbing sign. Malaysia recently arrested what police say is a top Thai militant leader, as part of a crackdown aimed at preventing rebels from slipping over the porous border between the two countries. Thailand has in the past complained that rebels use Malaysia as a refuge. "We were safe when Malaysia was seen as a place to hide," says a Malaysian intelligence officer. "But now we are arresting militants, and they are angry...
...police say is a top Thai militant leader as part of a crackdown aimed at preventing rebels from slipping over the porous border between the two countries. Thailand has in the past complained that the rebels use Malaysia as a refuge. "We were safe when Malaysia was seen as a place to hide," says a Malaysian intelligence officer. "But now we are arresting militants, and they are angry." - By Simon Elegant and Mageswary Ramakrishnan In the Dock THE NETHERLANDS Pre-trial hearings in the case of Dutch businessman Frans van Anraat, accused of complicity in genocide for selling banned chemicals...