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...Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the Medical School’s systems biology department, and bioengineering have all been allotted space in the new building, which Harvard said will open...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Across River, Science Plans Move Forward | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...this big, wide-ranging movie, scope is stressed at the expense of depth, and there is no time to develop any very complex characters. The most interesting of the lot is the fanatic British colonel, all of whose actions stem from one trait: conscientiousness carried to the point of mania. Alec Guinness plays him with deft stiffness. His torture scenes are appropriately ghastly, and he resists the temptation to clown. William Holden gives his usual performance as a soldier who escapes from the prison camp and returns to blow up the bridge. Jack Hawkins and Geoffrey Horne are his fellow...

Author: By Julius Novick | Title: At the Gary: The Bridge on the River Kwai | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...While many undergraduates might feel more allegiance to New York or California than Massachusetts, machinations in the Bay State government have more influence on our academic lives than we might imagine. A Patrick-sponsored $1 billion dollar life-sciences bill would allocate money specifically to Harvard for stem cell research, and hopefully encourage the retention of junior faculty in the sciences. Currently pending in the state legislature, this would serve as a boon to Harvard, but other proposed legislation has threatened the autonomy of the University in the past year...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Much Ado in the Bay State | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

Part of Clinton's frustration may stem from the fact that she actually holds sway over a large part of the committee, with 13 of the 30 members committed to her, including two who serve on her campaign staff. Obama, by comparison, enjoys the support of just eight members, leaving nine officially uncommitted. But ultimately, many committee members - even some of those who have endorsed Clinton - have acknowledged that Florida and Michigan should face some kind of penalty for breaking the rules. Few have bought Clinton's argument that the states have already suffered enough, or that the Democrats will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dems' Endgame: Florida, Michigan | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...investors filed nearly three dozen proposals for independent chairmen, at companies like Pfizer, Citigroup, Verizon, General Electric, Coca-Cola and Time Warner (parent company of TIME). So far those votes have only garnered an average 32% support, though some annual meetings remain. "Many of the problems surrounding poor governance stem from management accruing too much power," says Paul Hodgson, senior research associate at The Corporate Library, a governance and compensation research firm. "If you split the roles of CEO and chairman, you get this balance of power in the boardroom. A strong chairman can stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splitting Power at the Top | 5/28/2008 | See Source »

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