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...hair is equally revealing; the longer the hair, the greater extraction of information. Long hair can provide police with a two- to three-year history, whereas short hair may only reveal three to six months. Hair grows about half an inch a month; it also falls out. Every time we take a step, skin cells flake off our body and hair can do so just as randomly, though not as frequently. There are two kinds of hairs on our head: those in the growth stage and those that are not, which are the ones more likely to fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Life CSI Is Hair | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker has come under fire this week for supposedly dubious recruiting practices. According to an article published Sunday in the New York Times, despite the fact that Harvard’s team has won only eight out of 28 games this season, six potential members of its incoming recruiting class are among the nation’s 25 most promising prep-players. This sudden shift in the team’s ability to attract a deep talent pool raises questions. The Ivy League announced Tuesday that it will launch an investigation. [See correction below...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

CORRECTION: In her column entitled "Are Jocks Necessary?" that ran on March 7, Lucy M. Caldwell incorrectly stated that six potential members of Harvard's incoming recruiting class of basketball players are among the nation’s 25 top prep-players. In reality, Harvard's approximately 6-member recruiting class was ranked by some as one of the nation's top 25 classes of recruits. The mistake came as a result of the writer's misreading of an article from The New York Times that ran on March 2, 2008 entitled, "In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

Amidst daily city traffic, a woman stands, emotionless, holding a hand-made sign with the words “I AM A MAN” written in bold. The image described is part of “In the Near Future” by Sharon Hayes, one of six works in a Carpenter Center exhibition entitled “Two or Three Things I Know About Her.” The show, up through April 6, was inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s influential 1966 film, “Two or Three Things I Know About...

Author: By Ada Pema, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Art in the City: I Am (Wo)man | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...Says Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, himself a FARC hostage for six years before escaping in 2006, "If the FARC can constantly take refuge outside Colombia, it becomes a threat to regional stability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refereeing the Colombia Standoff | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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