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...goal is to ensure—most especially for department chairs and their departmental colleagues—a smooth and rapid responsiveness, and timely help with faculty searches and faculty recruitment,” Knowles wrote in his statement...

Author: By Katherine M. Gray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bloxham Named Dean of Physical Sciences | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

...Queen] said the university officials needed to understand why he carried it and this is a matter of education and the like,” Singh Bhalla said. “Everything happened very rapid-fire, very quickly and I think it really helped that Harvard is so sensitive and especially the Pluralism Project. Somebody said something and things all of a sudden happened much faster than Navdeep was originally told...

Author: By Allison A. Frost, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sikh’s Sword Seized By School | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

...Louisa May Alcott's era, a diagnosis of scarlet fever could only be made by clinical deduction; the distinctive rash accompanied by fever, nausea, vomiting and a sore throat. In my office practice, I swab throats daily looking for the dreaded strep bacteria and "rapid strep tests" allow concrete diagnoses to be made in a matter of minutes. Although the National Institute of Health estimates that more than 10 million mild infections caused by strep are diagnosed each year, the serious consequence of untreated strep infections are extremely rare in the U.S. Treatment for strep consists of oral antibiotics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Infections | 8/4/2006 | See Source »

...thoroughly enjoyed your story on the rapid changes in India. As an Indian living in England, I often wonder what the true cost of this economic boom is, especially the impact on Indian values and culture. Extended families are becoming fragmented, the young have little pride in their culture, and there is contempt for everything that is old. In contrast, a developed nation like England is steeped in tradition and still manages to hold on to its history. There was a time when people didn't have much money but life was less complicated, a time when what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

...economy presented a rosy picture. But not only is there a growing disparity between rich and poor, there is also an increase in deforestation and pollution of rivers, groundwater and air, which could lead to environmental collapse. Ravi Sharma Calgary, Canada I thoroughly enjoyed your cover story on the rapid changes in India. As an Indian living in England, I often wonder what the true cost of this economic boom is, especially the impact on Indian values and culture. Extended families are becoming fragmented, the young have little pride in their culture, and there is contempt for everything that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Ascending | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

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