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...better for him, was the standard medical answer. He'll be looked after, fed, cleaned - oh, and there are many activities ... And his apartment - it was so dirty ... He could hurt himself. How can he pay his bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When What the Patient Wants Isn't Best | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

What it did have, though, was experience. Telenor adopted gsm - the global standard for digital mobile telecoms - as early as 1993, and had pioneered gsm's precursor more than a decade earlier. By the late '90s, mobile-phone penetration levels in Norway were more than double those in France and Germany, according to telecom consultancy Analysys. In light of deregulation, Telenor's savvy for nurturing a customer base from the early stages to maturity looked like its strongest export...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long-Distance Calling | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

...used in Harvard’s fleet, contains 2.5 units of usable energy for every unit of energy used in its production (which compares favorably to corn ethanol’s ratio of 1.3:1), and decreases the emissions of carbon dioxide by 68 percent compared to standard diesel...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman | Title: (Not) Tomorrow’s Fuel | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

...serve as superintendent of the city’s public school system, the district had been losing nearly 100 or more students annually, and the city’s only public high school, Cambridge Rindge and Latin (CRLS), was on probation for failing to meet state standards. Re-orienting the system’s focus in order to improve performance on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) would not prove easy.“A teacher stood up at a meeting and said, ‘I’ve never taught to standards, and I never will...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Minding the Achievement Gap | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...make lots of noise, and yell, and everyone contributes creative ideas,” Lauren E. Bray ’08 says. What is this dynamic mixture of noise, yelling, and creativity? None other than The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD), a percussion ensemble that performs on both standard percussion instruments and household items like trash cans and cups. Bray, who has been a member since her sophomore year, will be performing with THUD in Lowell Lecture Hall today. Bray says that her top priority is the audience. “With everything we do, we just think: Is that entertaining...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Lauren E. Bray '08 | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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