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...encourage the adoption of a “more logical” e-mail address system for students of the College. Whereas student e-mail aliases currently have fas.harvard.edu appended to them, Gillis called for a harvard.edu or college.harvard.edu tag, which he claimed would be more straightforward for potential employers. The business portion of yesterday’s meeting came to a close with Petersen, his hand tensing on the top of a bottle of champagne even as the final legislation was concluded, popping the cork so that it landed several rows deep in the council chamber...
...Still, for all the heartstrings it attempts to yank, "Rise Up" is remarkably unfussy. It floats by on a simple keyboard and guitar melody similar to "You Are Not Alone" and "I Believe I Can Fly," former top 2 hits on the U.S. charts. The lyrics are straightforward and, given their source, astonishingly respectful. ("Not gonna lie and say I understand/I just wanna be here for you if I can.") Kelly is many things - corny, odd, incapable of a rhyme scheme that isn't 'a-a-a-a' - but he is not without talent, and his vocals are particularly warm...
...Surrealists adopted him as one of their own, enchanted by his gaudy fairgrounds and prostitutes, his near-abstract depictions of stonework and staircases, and the way he sometimes reflected his own image in store windows. Later photographic greats - Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Ansel Adams - admired his ability to combine straightforward documentation with almost painterly finesse...
...living brain. Second, scientists learned a great deal more about the nerve endings that are embedded in the dura mater, the fibrous outer covering of the brain. Armed with these tools and that information, researchers concluded that the order of events in a migraine is not as straightforward as they had been taught. The nerve endings in the dura mater appear to act first, releasing proteins that cause the blood vessels to open and prime the nerves to maintain a state of alert. In other words, swollen blood vessels are the result of a growing migraine, not its cause...
...former second vice president of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association, says. “But the role that Drew Faust played was terrific. We were somewhat of an angry group, some more than others, but the alums were very comfortable with her. In meetings she was straightforward, open, and honest about her plans”—qualities that made implementing drastic changes that much easier.TOUGH CHOICES Along with vision, however, came a host of challenges that made implementing these changes that much harder. “Drew had to consider what fit or didn?...