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Telescopes based in Arizona spotted the star, which is three times the size of the sun, relatively hot compared to its neighbors, and bluish in color. The star has been traveling for 80 million years and is headed for the vast darkness of outer space...
...Tell that to those still planning their winter vacations. Locals in Phuket, from hawkers to hotel managers, say tourists, spooked by the thought of a vacation in a disaster zone, have avoided the holiday mecca. Beaches crowded before Christmas with several thousand sun worshippers?and whose euros and dollars and renminbi directly or indirectly support 70% of the local population?now play host to just a few hundred. Hotel occupancy has plummeted from the usual 90% to just 10-15%. International carriers?including Thai Airways?have canceled some direct flights to the island. It's now possible to spend...
...retired couple from Holland, have traveled from their beach resort farther down the coast to spend a day at Patong. "We knew people here would need our business," says Anya. "We are not disaster tourists. We are not here to see the damaged buildings. We are here for the sun and the sea, but we are also here for the local people. They are so happy to see us. Our friends [in Holland] thought we were mad to come. They think Phuket is now in ruins. But it's not true...
...commend Irene Y. Sun for her comment “Pre-students” (Feb. 11) because it points out the competitive side of studying the sciences at Harvard. However, the real message of her comment—and the message that Harvard professors should stress—is that studying to an extreme for any subject is unhealthy, and attributing this practice solely to “pre-students” is unfair. Moreover, Sun failed to recognize the reality that many of these “pre-students” face after college: graduate schools from medicine...
...Irene Y. Sun ’07, a Crimson design co-chair, is a history and science concentrator in Mather House...