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...meet a professor and treat him well.”Although some students’ reactions to the beauty pageant seem to indicate a challenge to traditional gender conventions, the protest was far from radical. But such action was not limited to the pageant. In 1959, Radcliffe women would start to quietly question norms of domesticity through similarly muted means—and the Radcliffe they knew, and the world they lived in during their undergraduate years—would soon become a vestige of a bygone era.BEGINNING TO BEND THE RULESOver a dozen members of the Radcliffe class...
...Harvard, the greatest thing you can think of is a breakfast quesadilla?KS: I’ve actually never had one.RR: ...KS: I’ve never eaten a sunrise breakfast quesadilla.RR: So you lied?KS: I’m sorry. I was disingenuous.RR: Let’s start over. And let’s be honest this time. What will you miss most about Harvard? KS: I should have thought more about this. And about my life in general. Who am I? What am I doing here?RR: I did not ask any of those questions.KS: Hm.RR: I think...
President Obama's initiative will doubtlessly boost the fight against computer crime, but his announcement is just a start. The cyber czar has not been named, and it remains to be seen how much budget authority or access to the Oval Office the role will include. The government's past efforts to protect computer systems have been bogged down in bureaucratic turf battles, but analysts hope the President's attention will mark a new era in digital security - before it's too late. As former Air Force computer-crime fighter John Wheeler told the Los Angeles Times, "We want...
...long last, Senate Democrats can celebrate the milestone they have dreamed of ever since the start of the last election campaign: a presumably filibuster-proof 60-vote majority in the U.S. Senate. Not only that, but they have added a famous face with a high TV-recognizability factor to help with fundraising - and brought someone with a decent sense of humor to the world's most deliberative body. (See the top 10 actors turned politicians...
...Bird. JetAmerica, a new low-cost airline, is scheduled to start service in July to four U.S. cities - Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Lansing, Mich.; and Melbourne, Fla. The new venture is starting small, flying just one Boeing 737-800, with plans to add new aircraft by July 2010. For now, the big draw is JetAmerica's fares: depending on the flight, the first nine to 19 seats will sell for just $9 each, with the rest of the seats sliding up in price to $199, depending on how quickly you book. No matter how low your base fare, there...