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Clad in traditional ochre robes, the group was comprised of thirteen singing monks and accompanied by one attendant monk who acted as a shrine master and a silent performer of offerings, serving the vice abbot of their own Gyuto Tantric University. The monks came to Harvard under the aegis of WorldMusic/CRASHarts, an organization for the advancement of international arts funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council...
...treat depression. Scientists at the University of Toronto had 14 depressed adults undergo CBT, which teaches patients to view their own thoughts differently--to see a failed date, for instance, not as proof that "I will never be loved" but as a minor thing that didn't work out. Thirteen other patients received paroxetine (the generic form of the antidepressant Paxil). All experienced comparable improvement after treatment. Then the scientists scanned the patients' brains. "Our hypothesis was, if you do well with treatment, your brain will have changed in the same way no matter which treatment you received," said Toronto...
...billed as one of Harvard senior center Brian Cusworth’s last hurrahs. It also could have been the sequel to a dominant performance by Dartmouth point guard Leon Pattman last weekend. But it came as a surprise when, with thirteen minutes left in Friday’s Ivy League tilt against the Big Green, freshman guard Jeremy Lin took charge of the Crimson offense. With Dartmouth leading 45-41, the 6’2 combo guard reeled off ten straight points, exhibiting versatility, poise, and increasingly astute judgment on the court during his prolific stretch of play...
...Thirteen years later, Azerbaijan is one of the few Muslim countries to fight in Iraq alongside American soldiers. The U.S. has financed two radar stations in Azerbaijan, one a few miles from the Iranian border. U.S. Navy SEALs have trained teams to guard the Caspian's underwater pipelines, and U.S. Customs agents have overseen border and airport security systems. With Baku just a couple of hours' drive from Iran, "Azerbaijan could be the world's only secular country with a Shi'ite majority," says the State Department official...
More threequels are in store after Spidey, Shrek and Captain Jack have fleeced you. On June 8, Ocean's Thirteen, with George Clooney heading an all-star cast in the heist series that so far has cadged $814 million. And on Aug. 10, Rush Hour 3, the Jackie Chan-- Chris Tucker action-comedy whose predecessors have grossed $592 million...