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...process, which addresses development issues in Allston not limited to Harvard’s expansion, has been conducted internally since late fall as city officials focused on the University’s future institutional plans and decision to slow construction in Allston due to financial constraints...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Planners Present Allston Framework | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...That would leave the WHO and individual countries to fall back on damage control, using antivirals and old-fashioned infection control - like closing schools, limiting public gatherings and even restricting travel - to slow the spread of the virus. But such efforts would likely inflict serious damage on an already faltering global economy - and the truth is, we don't know how well those methods will work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...impact site makes the results even less reliable. Earthquakes and tsunamis that resulted from the collision could have wrought havoc on the sedimentary record, causing discrete strata to swirl together and completely scrambling time lines. Keller disagrees, pointing out that the slow accretion of sediment that she and Addate recorded is completely inconsistent with a sudden event like a tsunami. (See pictures of animals in space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maybe an Asteroid Didn't Kill the Dinosaurs | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...innocent musk, his smoothly muscled torso seemingly gleaming with - not sweat - dew. The camera not only loves the 21-year-old actor but laps him; it wants to wring the moisture from his socks and drink it. Few female stars of Hollywood's golden age received the luminous, slow-motion, soft-focus devotion Efron gets here. The idea is to stir the audience, and not just the young girls, to a collective rapturous sigh. (See pictures of Efron's career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zac Efron: The Tweens' Dream | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Lewis' books in particular are an antidote to overstimulated nerves. The Amish (who number about 230,000, mostly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana) are notable for what they reject - from televisions to electric kitchen appliances to zippers - which means a quiet environment for readers. The pace is slow and soothing; no conversations in Bird-in-Hand are interrupted by a ringing cell phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amish Romance Novels: No Bonnet Rippers | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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