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...remnants of silver saltcellers and forks on display in the Peabody Museum reveal more about the history of Harvard than might at first be obvious. In the 17th century, tableware, rather than designer bags, served as college status symbols; students weren’t provided with silverware and would instead bring their own. Those who couldn’t afford to do so, however, were forced to eat with their hands. The “Digging Veritas” exhibition at the Peabody Museum displays these items and others uncovered over several years of Archaeology 1130/1131: “Archaeology...
...cautionary tale,” highlighting the consequences of a technology-based childhood. Much of the film is devoted to Harris’ upbringing and his relationship with his mother, whom he refused to see even on her deathbed. Interviews with Harris’ brother, in particular, reveal how he went from television addict to internet geek to friendless, heartless mad scientist. Though Timoner refers to herself as a “freak magnet,” the film has a surprisingly sympathetic gaze, making it much more than a voyeuristic expose of a socially-stunted creep...
Cambridge police spokesman Frank Pasquarello told the AP that forensic examinations are expected to reveal the age and gender of the skeletal remains, which appears to be about 100 years...
...inquiry ordered by Attorney General Eric Holder into the CIA's enhanced interrogation program may eventually reveal how far agency personnel strayed beyond the guidelines set by Bush Administration lawyers when questioning hardened terrorists. The furor over the program, which reached its height in the fearful months after September 2001, is fraught with moral ambiguity. But there's also a colder, more practical question: Did harsh methods like waterboarding cause terrorist suspects to give up valuable, actionable intelligence...
Without access to the daily lives of teachers and their students, studies on Iranian schooling have proven to reveal more about their authors and our shifting preconceptions of Iran than any sort of reality on the ground. The truth is that postrevolutionary schooling in the Islamic Republic has not gone according to plan. The country's public schools face many of the same challenges as U.S. schools: a largely urban school system sagging under the weight of a too-large student population (two- and three-shift schools are not uncommon), poorly paid and demoralized teachers constrained by a highly centralized...