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...Practiced accordingly, drinking serves only anti-social ends: a collection of unconnected individuals, stumbling out crudely in search of a good time, each alone to enjoy his pleasure and his pain, as long as his own thirst for amusement has been slaked. The popular preference—a cheap and tasteless spirit like vodka, which lends its intoxicating power but not its taste to whatever accompaniment—is indicative. Alcohol has become a mere drug...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: In Vino Veritas | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...staff scientist in 1978, and eventually became senior vice president. There, she worked alongside many current SEAS faculty.“I have to disclose everything,” said Federico Capasso, a professor of applied physics at SEAS who served on the advisory committee for the SEAS dean search. “She was my boss at Bell Labs, and partly because I know her so well, I think she’s an absolutely terrific choice from every angle.”After working at Bell, Murray went to the Lawrence Livermore National Labs in 2004, a nuclear...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Murray To Be Next SEAS Dean | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...means by which Kretschmer obtained the murder weapon seem clear. A late-morning search of his parents' house has revealed that his father, a member of a local gun club, is the legal owner of 15 firearms; one pistol that had not been locked away, as well as many rounds of ammunition, were missing, the police say. Germany's gun laws are relatively strict but registered competitive marksmen, hunters and collectors can acquire guns after their physical and psychological soundness has been ascertained. (Cover: "The Columbine Effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany Reels from Deadly School Shooting | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...Packed onto the “FedEx Lives” service, baby chickens will be sent across the nation to serve as egg layers and novelty pets this Easter. An online search revealed dozens of online vendors where I could purchase baby chicks for one to two dollars a bird, plus 25 cents postage and packaging...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Chicks in the Mail | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...often good for the church," says spokesman Ross, "because people are looking to connect with each other and to connect with God." If that sounds like spin, it is - but it also happens to be true. Church attendance does tend to spike during tough economic times as people search out community for spiritual and material support. Warren's message is particularly likely to resonate with those who have lost the jobs, homes and possessions that defined them. Left to rebuild their lives, they are literally looking for a purpose. But while churches become more crowded when people are hurting, their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick Warren's Magazine: A Publishing Leap of Faith | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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