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...chief disciples - and there was an apostolic sweetness to this trio, singing of brother- and sisterhood, of lemon trees and magic dragons. In the folk boom of the 1960s, no group had more success than Peter, Paul and Mary, in part because of their dramatic look: two serious gents in jackets and matching goatees and, between them, a strong-featured young woman with long blond hair in bangs and a supple, powerful voice. That was Mary Travers, who died Sept. 16 at 72 in Danbury, Conn., after a long bout with leukemia...
Acne is a diabolically cruel thing: somehow it strikes your most visible feature just at the age when you become most vulnerable to a gaze. Not surprisingly, acne is often accompanied by serious depression among teenagers. In fact, a 1999 study found that kids with acne bad enough to prompt a trip to the dermatologist reported having emotional and social problems as severe as those reported by patients with disabling diabetes and epilepsy...
...university should be commended for making the far-sighted decision to continue aggressively pursuing green initiatives, even while dealing with a budget deficit and other serious financial issues. Seeing these projects through will offer both financial and environmental paybacks that benefit Harvard and its community for the long term...
Leon Panetta knew it was going to be a hard sale, and so the CIA director dished out some serious hard sell as he tried to drum up support for the agency from Arab Americans in the most Arab city in the country. On Wednesday, the CIA invited 150 community leaders in Dearborn, Mich., to a lavish iftar, the traditional evening feast at the end of each day's fasting during the month of Ramadan. The CIA and the FBI have made strenuous efforts to sign up Arab Americans in recent years, but the suspicions and recriminations since 9/11 have...
...Hatoyama is dead serious about changing the way Japan is governed," says Columbia University's Curtis, who points out that his Cabinet appointments clearly demonstrate the DPJ's view that ministerial positions are critical to policy, that important decisions won't be left to the bureaucrats as in past administrations. "[The new Cabinet] is not simply a change of characters in a game that continues to be played in the same way as before. They're serious about changing the way that government works - and that's reflected in this Cabinet." Hatoyama has surrounded himself with key DPJ executives...