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...three helpings of dairy products a day, and four for children, adolescents and the elderly. Indeed, dairy contains the calcium, proteins and vitamin D our body needs, especially at certain times of life. It is dangerous to make people believe that they can do without them, for the specious reason that it could hurt the planet. Anne-Sarah Bouglé, BAYEUX, FRANCE
Although Harvard has particular reason to celebrate, the rest of the public should similarly laud the Times’s smart choice of Mr. Douthat. The columnist whom he will replace, Mr. Kristol, has ancestral ties to the luminaries in the American conservative tradition. His father, Irving Kristol, chartered the school of thought known as “neoconservatism,” and he studied for his doctorate under Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., ’53, conservativism’s elder statesman and principal brain trust. Despite these credentials, Mr. Kristol’s short run on the Times?...
Dining Hall: Revealed preferences. There's a reason everyone wants to eat in Quincy. Its proximity to the yard, sensible servery, and its bright and open feel make it one of the most popular dining spots on campus. The floor-to-ceiling windows satisfy naturalists and voyeurs alike. But severe overcrowding during peak hours, coupled with the unattractive and indecipherable mural (unlike Leverett, you actually can forget that its there), keep it from entering the dining hall pantheon with Dunster. Just a few weeks ago, the People’s House finally lowered the iron curtain, and purged...
...Still, Wyden and Cooper's plan is considered a long shot. The political wisdom in Washington suggests that for any proposal to actually stand a chance, it would have to build on the existing employer-based system. For much the same reason, few believe that "single payer" health care - a government-financed system similar to Medicare - will be given any serious consideration. As one Administration official put it in describing the Wyden plan, "A lot of people think this is where the system should be 20 years from now, but no one sees how it can be there two years...
...expertise allowed the older controllers to compensate for their poorer memory and response time. In the U.S., air-traffic controllers must retire by age 56 - a majority of the controllers currently working for the Federal Aviation Administration are coming up on mandatory retirement age - but maybe there's no reason to push them out the door...