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Kagan said these findings help support the theory that babies are not the "blank tablet" they were once commonly thought...

Author: By Medora S. Bross, | Title: Study Says Babies Born With Musical Preferences | 9/27/1996 | See Source »

...such a proposal was anticipated by the original of the Hall. Dedicated to "the graduates and students of the University who died in defense of the Union, or who served in its defense during the Rebellion of 1861," the deed of gift included the stipulation that "no picture, bust, tablet, monument, or memorial shall be allowed within said Hall inconsistent with its intent." So it was until Edgar H. Wells, editor of The Harvard Alumni Bulletin, raised the issue in an editorial in the Bulletin in 1909, in which he argued that "The Harvard men...whether they fought under...

Author: By Peter J. Gomes, | Title: Civil Wars and Moral Ambiguity | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

...letter to one of my predecessors about the "enemy casualty" of World War II makes the point. Attending the Baccalaureate service for his son in the early 1970s, a parent noticed the designation on the World War II tablet, and wrote, "Surely the influence of Harvard University on the lives of these young men should have created within them something more enduring and worthy of commemoration than the fact that largely due to no fault of their own they found themselves under the necessity of fighting as 'enemies' against the land and people with whom they had shared the riches...

Author: By Peter J. Gomes, | Title: Civil Wars and Moral Ambiguity | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

...House Speaker Newt Gingrich gave one of his own in Seattle, calling the President's remarks "a political game." Gingrich swatted away Clinton's claims about how close the two sides had come to a budget truce, jotting down the key numbers in the budget negotiations on a huge tablet as the cameras rolled. Having sent financial markets reeling the day before with his tough prognosis for budget peace, Gingrich remained grim, calling Clinton's comments "very, very disappointing." But Gingrich sidestepped Clinton's central point, notes TIME's Michael Duffy. "On the budget, Clinton positioned himself well by stating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO SO FAST: | 1/11/1996 | See Source »

Though hurt by the onslaught of acid blockers, the lower-priced and faster-acting antacids will almost certainly maintain a respectable market share. Tums, for example, costs less than 3¢ a tablet. That compares with more than 40¢ for a one-a-day Pepcid AC tablet or a Tagamet HB two-tablet dose, although both products currently offer substantial rebates. Still, booming sales of the new acid blockers seem to show that heartburn sufferers are not troubled by sticker shock. At a Duane Reade drugstore in Manhattan, Darlene Jackson, 35, picked up a box of Tagamet HB and noted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIRE IN THE BELLY, MONEY IN THE BANK | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

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