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...about graduating midyear and thinking about Harvard in a different way, as more than hoopla. The real Harvard is not the ‘Fair Harvard’ of tubas and marching bands; it is a community of thought and wisdom,” she said. Dunster House Master Roger B. Porter encouraged students to reflect and record what they liked most about their Harvard education. He advised people to pursue education and travel and noted that most of the students who were graduating mid-year had probably undergone a unique experience involving both. Tracy “Ty?...
...long biochemical cascade that takes place in the neuron as it encodes memory. The first of those ampakine molecules has been shown in a recent study to boost the attention and mental performance of healthy, sleep-deprived men. The more powerful compounds in Cortex's untested arsenal, says CEO Roger Stoll, may bolster long-term memory without inducing the jittery side effects of drugs like Ritalin and caffeine...
...rewarding clean government rather than raising the ideological temperature. His recent selection of Thomas Shannon as the new Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is widely regarded as a positive step, since Shannon, as a career diplomat, is less polarizing. Even Shannon's staunch anti-left predecessor, Roger Noriega, concedes that U.S. officials now "will be trying to avoid confrontation" with Bolivia's Morales. They don't have to sit down and chew coca with him, but maybe they could all share some Coca-Cola...
...Thursday morning, the war of words between union officials and politicians was on high boil. Michael Bloomberg called the union leaders thugs. Union president Roger Toussaint spat back, railing against the meddling of billionaire politicians who have never had to fight for their retirement. But behind the public volleys, private talks between the union and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) had already come close to an agreement that would get the trains rolling again. Shuttle diplomacy by a few low-profile labor mediators convinced the union to call off the strike, even without a contract, in time...
...Clinton, 59. For years, the club rarely met at all, and then only at openings of presidential libraries or VIP funerals. But as Presidents have lived longer after leaving office, most have tried to stay busy, and some have felt underused by their successors. Harvard business and government professor Roger Porter, who has worked as an aide to three Commanders in Chief, explains, "Being President is like drinking from a fire hydrant. And then suddenly this entire apparatus that has been feeding you, and caring for you and making you feel important and helping you make decisions that really...