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...Faculty know they could make more money in or out of academe by leaving Cambridge. By choosing Harvard in the first place, they signal that more important than a fat paycheck is the academic support that will put them ahead in their fields...
Carret took risks outside the stock markets: he joined the Army Signal Corps, a precursor to the Air Force, after graduation from the College and was trained to fly the Sopwith Camel, a vintage airplane...
...They're leading scholars," said Alex Huppe, director of the Harvard News Office. "It's obviously a signal honor. There's probably no finer position to hold in all academia...
...drug, Herceptin--the first to target a genetic defect in breast-cancer cells--has shrunk tumors by turning off the signal that tells cells to divide. In a study, Herceptin increased survival an average of three months for women with advanced cancer. Researchers hope for more dramatic effects if it's given at earlier stages of the disease. Herceptin might get fda approval as early as this fall...
While we are waiting for the midnight call of "It's over" to signal the end of the shift, we drive around the block. At a stoplight, another squad car bumps into the back of our car, causing us both to turn around. The officers in the other car jokingly turn on the take-downs, and we squint as they pull alongside laughing...