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...this review cannot simply react to the past; it must forge the education of the future. Harvard must produce a curriculum that will be able to capitalize upon the opportunities, as well as cope with the new challenges, of the dawn of the 21st century. One of the most prominent challenges for the new curriculum, posed by University President Lawrence H. Summers in his installation speech, is how to integrate technology and science education into a liberal arts program...
...definitely a perfectionist in my younger days,” Moore said. “[But] you learn a sort of Zen Buddhism-type thing that you should just be in the moment and you learn how to react to things going on in that moment...
...elections alone cannot explain the intensity of the zingers being fired across party lines [NATION, Oct. 7]. Frustration is also a factor. Osama bin Laden is nowhere to be found, the anthrax letters remain a mystery, the Dow Jones average sags below 8000, and no one understands how to react to the color-coded terror alerts. Now we're told there is an urgent need to take military action against Iraq and that anyone who questions this is un-American. Frustrating? You bet! SCOTT KOEHNK Key Biscayne...
Harris said he expects the full Faculty will react similarly to the Faculty Council...
...criminal investigators routinely perform is testing for gunpowder on suspects' hands. In the past, this was a surprisingly low-tech chore, involving melting a glob of paraffin in a pot and painting it onto the fingers and hands. The wax was then peeled off and treated with chemicals that react to gunpowder traces. If the chemicals turned up positive, you had your shooter--unless, of course, the chemicals were reacting with urine, bleach or fertilizer, which had a nasty habit of yielding identical results...