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...January 2006, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by The Crimson against Harvard. The lawsuit contended that because the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) is endowed with “special state police powers”—such as the ability to make arrests and obtain search warrants—it should provide access to the same reports released by public police forces...
Because of our special tortured history on the subject of race, electing a black President would demonstrate that idea even more powerfully than electing a woman. Hillary Clinton's very success in building a political machine and becoming the front runner makes her candidacy seem less remarkable. Unlike Clinton, who explicitly says on the stump that it's time for a woman President, Obama contents himself with code. "It's time to move forward," he says. But we all get the message...
...premiere, following Bing's retirement, earned a 20-minute standing ovation.) Her rise seemed inevitable. Witty, smart, tough and down-to-earth, the ebullient performer--nicknamed Bubbles--became a fine-arts ambassador, guest-hosting the Tonight Show and performing with the Muppets. She also raised funds for special-needs kids (her son is autistic, her daughter deaf). After retiring from the stage in 1980, she led such institutions as City Opera and the Met, democratizing opera by staging contemporary productions and introducing supertitles. Sills, who was told in June she had lung cancer...
That's because drugs of abuse co-opt the very brain functions that allowed our distant ancestors to survive in a hostile world. Our minds are programmed to pay extra attention to what neurologists call salience--that is, special relevance. Threats, for example, are highly salient, which is why we instinctively try to get away from them. But so are food and sex because they help the individual and the species survive. Drugs of abuse capitalize on this ready-made programming. When exposed to drugs, our memory systems, reward circuits, decision-making skills and conditioning kick in--salience in overdrive...
...deserts, up mountains and into volcanoes. Ace Hardware (where the slogan "Home of the Helpful Hardware Man" has been replaced by "Home of the Helpful Hardware Folks") now offers drills that are lighter with easy-grip handles, greenhouses full of flowers, and walls painted in pastels. They also run special seminars for women, who make up at least half their customers...