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...number of H1N1 cases reported daily to UHS was on the rise until November 23, after which cases dropped dramatically...

Author: By Sanghyeon Park, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS May Not Get Full Vaccine Order | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...more pervasive. Consider President Drew G. Faust’s recent laments for the increasingly material, instrumental ambitions of so many of her students. She has noted the steep national decline in the percentage of students majoring in liberal arts and sciences since the 1970s, with a dramatic rise in undergraduate interest in business. At Harvard, economics attracts a higher percentage of students than any other field...

Author: By Elliot F. Gerson | Title: Stolen by the Street | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...measured oxygen exposure, sometimes obliging winemakers to use artificial micro-oxygenation. The Nomblot Egg's porous clay-cement walls offer a third way, allowing for natural oxygenation without oakiness. But the tank's most surprising benefit may well lie in its shape. Creator Nomblot explains: "All fluids rise when temperature increases, and do so in a vortex, but in a barrel or other container, the vortex is slowed by the angles," he says. Within the angle-free Egg, however, "the vortex turns naturally for weeks, which raises the lees, and nourishes the wine." It also eliminates the need for stirring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Wine In Old Vessels | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...addition, the article misquoted Deol as saying that her film was the only film produced independently that was on the short list for an Oscar and as saying that women frequently rise through the ranks of the guerrilla army in Nepal. In fact, she said that women only sometimes are able to move up through the army’s ranks...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Deol’s Film On Oscar Shortlist | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

...camp in eastern Poland called Trawniki, which was run by Adolf Hitler's élite SS force. Crucial to the prosecution's case is an ID card from Trawniki purportedly showing that Demjanjuk was transferred from the SS training camp to Sobibor in March 1943. (See pictures of the rise of Adolf Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Demjanjuk's Trial: The Last Nazi War-Crimes Defendant | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

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