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...With no end to the turmoil in sight, continued stress on Asian markets looks likely to continue. "We do not think the re-emergence of fear on account of the global financial crisis will likely evaporate anytime soon," Merrill Lynch commented in an Oct. 3 report. Once that fear sets in, it is hard to dispel...
...Mittermeier, the president of Conservation International (CI) and a renowned primatologist, made the call. Tucked inside a hollow tree trunk were two greater bamboo lemurs, each the length of a forearm, staring back at us with orange eyes. We grabbed our cameras and began snapping. It was a rare sight - too rare, with only around 150 individuals estimated to still be alive. "You're looking at the most endangered primate on the planet," said Mittermeier...
...more performances this Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 pm in the Loeb Experimental Theater—instead focuses on the apprehension and complications involved with any unexpected romance. “Stop Kiss” isn’t a story about “love at first sight.” The couple’s first meeting consists of Sara dropping off her cat, which Callie has agreed to take in. Callie, a veteran New Yorker, immediately takes to Sara, a schoolteacher from St. Louis, but the initial dynamic is one of friendship. As Callie helps Sara...
...deteriorating food situation comes at an especially confusing time. Last month, reports emerged that North Korea's paramount leader, Kim Jong Il, may have suffered a stroke, and he vanished from sight for several weeks. (In early October, North Korean media reported that Kim attended a university soccer match, his first public appearance since August.) Then Pyongyang abruptly backtracked on its agreement with the U.S. and four other countries to dismantle its nuclear program. U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill flew to Pyongyang in an attempt to get the agreement back on track, but his talks with the North Koreans didn...
...Beyond using the services provided to students by Harvard, there are a number of personal precautions students should take to keep themselves safe. HUPD advises that students avoid talking on cell phones and listening to music when they’re walking alone at night. Despite this precaution, the sight of a Harvard student trolling the Square’s nighttime streets with headphones tucked into their ears is not uncommon. Students also need to take greater responsibility for their room keys and the security of their dorm rooms. Rather than leaving windows open and spare keys...