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...more balanced ratio of tenured and non-tenured faculty would allow grater flexibility in our intellectual directions,” the letter reads...
...team of Harvard researchers, led by Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Medicine Jing X. Kang, have taken a gene from the nematode worm and inserted it into mice, increasing the ratio of good fat (omega 3) to bad fat (omega 6). Down the road, they hope to use this innovation to make healthier meat, milk, eggs and other animal products...
...from the world's traumas, that can make the campus seem especially welcoming for protective parents and religious students from large public high schools. A.P.U. professors seem to enjoy a closer bond with their students than those at many secular schools because of the 12-to-1 student-faculty ratio and the faith they have in common. At A.P.U., students talk about visiting their professors' homes and meeting their families. Biologist Milhon describes himself as "like a marriage counselor" for some of his students...
...business, best known for hitting commercial gold in 1983 with Flashdance and again in 1992 with Basic Instinct. He also has several notorious craters to his credit, including Jade and Showgirls. But a word of advice: given its ample girth and its very low signal-to-noise ratio, you might want to approach Hollywood Animal with this handy guide...
...this apparent foresight, L'Oreal's recent stock performance has at times been less than lustrous. Its P/E ratio has more than halved over the past three years, suggesting the market feels that its growth prospects have slowed. Analysts cite the company's big ad and promotions budget and the fact that its manufacturing is less efficient than that of its competitors. Says Citigroup's Smith: "L'Oreal has the cost structure of a prestige cosmetics house, yet only 25% of its products are in the prestige category. The rest is mass market." Such criticisms draw a scathing response from...