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...Gates had been talking to reporters instead of preparing for his confirmation hearings next week to become Secretary of Defense, he would have found all this amusing, if not absurd. The man with the Kansas-flat voice and a weakness for hiking, hayrides and roller coasters would have got a kick out of saying that both sides are right--and that absolutely none of it matters...
...these reactions are true for all of us--and they are--then you might think that all of us would react to risk in the same way. But that's clearly not the case. Some people enjoy roller coasters; others won't go near them. Some skydive; others can't imagine it. Not only are thrill seekers not put off by risk, but they're drawn to it, seduced by the mortal frisson that would leave many of us cold. "There's an internal thermostat that seems to control this," says risk expert John Adams of University College London. "That...
...Boston University Theatre, is that the raw material in Lindsay-Abaire’s script is so excellent—in the deft hands of Nixon and Tony-nominated director Daniel Sullivan, it must have been an emotional Tilt-a-Whirl.This production runs more like an emotional steam-roller thanks to John Tillinger’s blunt direction, barreling forward with a schedule to keep. The script’s writing is nuanced enough to transcend its “Lifetime”-esqe sappy subject matter, but here it gets a treatment that silences all but its most blaring notes.The play...
...Earth Smother,” the contest was ironically reminiscent of a hot dog or buffalo wing-eating contest. Said contestant “Miss Mary Smack” of Allston: “I am an eating machine.” Cheering her on was her roller derby team, garbed in matching red and white mesh tank tops. “Smack” refused to reveal her real name. Harvard Business School (HBS) student Ryan W. Kauppila, a.k.a. “Antioxidant,” looked and acted like a football player before a championship game. Kauppila...
...ever had.” But it isn’t just Chinese academics who’ve been wowed by their tour guide. “I was given a business card and offered a scholarship to the University of Dubai,” writes Matthew S. Roller ’08 in an e-mail, “if I ever happened to be in the area.” And another tourist from the Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam bestowed a gift-wrapped plaque upon Keyster Maura A. Graul ’07. Often these exchanges...