Word: scholarly
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...Biblical scholars have long argued that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of an ascetic and celibate Jewish community known as the Essenes, which flourished in the 1st century A.D. in the scorching desert canyons near the Dead Sea. Now a prominent Israeli scholar, Rachel Elior, disputes that the Essenes ever existed at all - a claim that has shaken the bedrock of biblical scholarship...
...issue is expected to dominate next month's London summit of leaders from the G-20 group of top economies. "I do not have high expectations for London," says Nicolas Véron, a scholar at the Brussels-based economic think tank Bruegel. "Not everyone will follow the U.S. just because of Obama. Global solidarity solutions are fiendishly difficult both to decide and to enforce. There is a growing realization that regional or national responses are preferable wherever possible...
...House Masters: Definitely an asset for Eliot. Dante scholar Lino Pertile makes a point of memorizing every resident's name and can often be seen chatting up students in the dining hall. He routinely downs a beer or two with students at Eliot's weekly Stein Club and is famous for hilarious rants about all things boating at formal dinners...
...just how it played out,” Weiler said. Not qualifying was a disappointment to someone who has enjoyed so much success in such a short time. In 2006, Weiler was the Under-18 world champion in pole vaulting. In 2008, Weiler was the EA Sports Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was named to the All-USA team by USA Today. Harvard sophomore Sean Gil finished eighth, matching his personal best by clearing 4.80 meters. Distance-running sophomore Dan Chenoweth followed his Heptagonals title in the 3000-meter by finishing second overall on Saturday with a time...
...Until recently, "most people got 50 bucks, a bus ticket and let out the door without any preparation - they land back in their old neighborhoods at four in the morning where there's drugs - so what would we expect in terms of them being successful?" wonders Amy Solomon, a scholar at the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research organization. (Read about one ex-inmate's struggle to re-enter society...