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...share it with someone like him.”Holland also pinpointed Butt’s thorough knowledge of the mechanics and science of rowing as a key to his success with boats.“We used to refer to him as ‘the mad scientist,’” he said. “He was always looking for a new way to be a better coach, new metaphors, new drills, new techniques, new ways of getting people to row.”It is an art Butt will exercise once more this weekend...
...study released by Harvard political scientist Daniel Hopkins offers a more nuanced historical view. Analyzing 133 gubernatorial and Senate races between 1989 and 2006, Hopkins says the Bradley effect-which he calls the "Wilder effect," after the Virginia governor-did exist, but petered out when racially charged issues were elbowed away from the political forefront: "As racialized rhetoric about welfare and crime receded from national prominence in the mid-1990s, so did the gap between polling and performance...
...just goes to show how the ocean keeps its secrets very well.' DEMIAN CHAPMAN, scientist with New York's Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, after a virgin shark gave birth--the second known instance of parthenogenesis in sharks...
...have been continually impressed by his curiosity and integrity as a scientist,” said Loretta J. Mickley, Leibensperger’s mentor at SEAS and a research associate in atmospheric chemistry. “He really wants to understand the mechanisms occurring in the natural world that show up in the data...
...Weinberg exclaimed when he heard the news of Chalife’s Nobel prize. Now a trial lawyer at a law firm in Northampton, Mass., Weinberg said after a pensive pause that he did not remember Chalfie as a scientist during their time together at the College...