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...only up to a point, able to withstand collisions of about 15 m.p.h., which is about as fast as an average person can run. The skull is designed to be especially rugged - the permanent home and helmet for the brain - but even it can't take a much more serious hit. The problem is that over the centuries, we've developed all manner of ways to exceed a mere 15 m.p.h. creep. (Read a TIME cover story on the brain...
...recession is dominating our attention right now. But climate change is a problem whose consequences are serious, but always far off. Do you worry that we'll lose focus on global warming? Yes, but I do think there is focus on this. Rahm Emanuel has a great line: "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." Jeff Immelt at General Electric has another great line, that this isn't a recession, but a reset. It's a reexamination of how we've been living. Maybe the McMansion era is crashing to an end. It doesn't mean that...
...Many teams also suffer from a poorly-documented alumni database, which puts a serious dent in the club’s piggybank...
...community or space on campus for Irish dancing. So, together with Forberg, they founded Corcairdhearg, with a three-pronged mission to perform, to teach, and to compete, while helping others to do so. Caitlin D. Driscoll ’11, a former competitive Irish dancer, says she became very serious about dancing again as soon as she found out about Corcairdhearg. “It has rekindled my love for Irish dancing. It’s not the same when I practice alone,” says Driscoll. Driscoll was so inspired that she is going to compete again...
...post of Prime Minister was abolished. Moussavi exited politics and went into what has in the Iranian media been referred to as "20 years of silence." In those years, Moussavi committed himself mostly to cultural affairs, including his career as a painter. Now, in order to be a serious contender, Moussavi will need to attract young voters, many of whom are too young to remember his premiership. In an editorial on Rooz Online, 32-year-old Masih Alinejad asks where the former Premier was during all "those years in which the young generation suffered heavy wounds...