Word: terme
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Herschbach's whole approach to teaching science--whether in press conferences or in classrooms--debunks the myth that the sciences and the humanities are "two cultures," radically opposed. More important than the poetry contests Herschbach holds in his freshman chemistry course is his role in the long-term development and "humanizing" of Harvard's science curriculum. In chairing the Curriculum Committee in Chemistry, he collaborated with Medical School administrators to establish the "life science"-oriented organic chemistry courses, Chem 17 and 27, as an alternative route through the "orgo" bottleneck...
...journey through Alan's love life, we encounter several subplots. Bill (Gregor Fisher) is getting married to Annie (Caroline Guthrie). Both are amusingly nervous, which adds to Alan's own doubts about long-term relationships. Younger friend Ken (David McKay) is having difficulties getting a love life started, much less keeping one going. Photo shop owner Smiley just looks on, tending his plants...
...Cambridge was in the midst of a financial crisis [in 1981]," Healy said in a letter to the city council listing his accomplishments. Healy increased the city's capital improvement spending, reduced short term borrowing to nothing from $40 million in 1981 while improving Cambridge's debt rating and lowering its interest charges, and instituted five-year operating plans for the city...
...casualties is the break on long-term capital gains, which has made taxpayers eager to cash in their profits on investments, ranging from stocks to real estate. The current top rate for taxing such gains is effectively 20%, but after this year, those profits will be taxed as regular income at higher rates. "I've seen a lot of my clients already selling stocks to benefit from the lower rate," says Mike Ryan, a Chicago financial planner...
...issues more sharply and succinctly. The discussion will now end on a strong intellectual conservative note as well: as the junior member, Scalia speaks the last word. The new dynamics will be at work this week, when, on the first Monday of October, the Justices formally open the term. Oral arguments are scheduled Wednesday in one of the most difficult cases they face. Feminists are split over a 1978 California law allowing a pregnant worker to take up to four months of unpaid leave. The Justice Department has joined a Los Angeles bank in claiming that the statute runs afoul...