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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...immediate accessibility of texts and undermine the growth of a valuable academic resource. We should focus instead on acquiring texts so that they are accessible to students on demand, rather than participating in lending programs that open up competition for books to a wider audience and make the process of gaining access a book difficult. Rather than curtailing the Harvard College Library’s growth by shifting toward lending rather than acquisition, the university should continue to focus on reforms like centralization and digitization, which are in line with the goal of maintaining an academic treasure while also making...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Bookkeeping | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...closed circle but a spiral of tints from cadmium red and oranges through a strontian yellow and a pale paradisal green to cobalt blues and violets.” He would have been delighted by the chance findings of an Oregon State grad student this week, who in the process of experimenting with manganese oxide in a 2,000-degree furnace accidentally created a never-before-seen pigment of blue. Reportedly “shocked” at first, the professor in charge of the lab has confirmed that the crystal structure of the brilliant new color is stable, generating...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Principled Uncertainty | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...those who sacrificed in the past, and today’s elderly maintain a duty of active stewardship for those who will come in the future. There are live wires between us, and to describe the American contract of caring for citizens of other generations as a mere siphoning process, as Brooks does, is to cheapen...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: The Vital Question | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Despite these issues, Theary Seng says the tribunal has ultimately helped the healing process by encouraging people to talk openly about the Khmer Rouge era. She says that though most Cambodians assume there is some degree of corruption at the tribunal, "we are not to the point where it should shut down." She says that the Khmer Rouge tribunal is more than a court of law - "it's also a court of public opinion."(Read about malaria prevention in Cambodia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Cambodia's Healing Process | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...past year is any indication, the tribunal will face many more hurdles, but Theary Seng says it has benefited Cambodia. The trial, she argues, has generated much needed discussions about history as well as mercy across the country. Says Theary Seng: "The Khmer Rouge tribunal has triggered a process of forgiveness." And perhaps a process leading finally to closure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Cambodia's Healing Process | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

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