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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Well, maybe there was some physical issue with Jeffrey Dahmer, maybe he had some illness that could be contaminating," or "I don't want to be seen to be doing something that the rest of the group thinks is bad." There are these responses towards events which trigger all sort of very rapid behaviors that you can, after the event, justify with a level of reason. But it's already after the fact. You've already made a decision on an intuitive level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Superstitious | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...Something is happening within the first year or two of life that has long-term effects,” said Lo, who is also an assistant professor of nutrition at the School of Public Health. The next step for researchers, Taveras said, is to isolate the cause for the sort of rapid infant growth that can cause problems. “It could be overfeeding, it could be factors that arose before the child is even born, it could be genetics,” Taveras said. “We don’t have all the answers for parents...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baby Fat Linked to Obesity | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

Smyth is a gorgeous place to study--surrounded by classical literary criticism, small statues, and the portraits of old white men. Okay, the last are sort of intimidating. Graduate students whip out their dusted hardcovers with the Greek original--and only the Greek original--of Homer, Herodotus, and Plato. The Loeb editions--with Greek on one side and English on the other--are too childish for them. Don't plan on looking at Facebook photos in this library...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Harvard's Finest Study Spaces | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

FlyBy was browsing the Web and found this. Ahoy, there. Facebook has created a new quiz to test what Ivy League school we should go to? Sort of like the sorting hat in facebook form, eh? FlyBy was intrigued...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner | Title: The Ivy League Sorting Hat | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...journalists, the local diplomatic corps, religious leaders; and then a similar roundelay in Pakistan. Mullen seemed amazed and somewhat nonplussed by Holbrooke, who is the David Petraeus of diplomats, a constant source of energy and creativity - and occasionally controversy, since he is not, shall we say, a country-doctor sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomatic Surge: Can Obama's Team Tame the Taliban? | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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