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...talkies was the first, followed by the transition from black-and-white to color. He and other Hollywood luminaries, including James Cameron (who's currently making Avatar, a live-action 3-D movie), believe that 3-D, when done properly, isn't a zany retro gimmick but a narrative tool to pull movie watchers even deeper into the film - just like sound and color...
...guide is rendered less effective by a lack of integration with the my.harvard.edu course shopping tool—for example, there is no way to get from a Q Guide entry to a course website. Incorporating the Q Guide entirely into the shopping tool could make course ratings more visible and, in turn, make shopping less tedious. The lack of certain other functionalities, such as the ability to search and rank by ratings, is also a common frustration—evidenced by the abundance of student-designed search engines and spreadsheets developed to make finding courses that fit a certain...
Even if iPS cells do not prove as stable and as versatile as embryonic stem cells when they're transplanted into patients, they remain a powerful research tool. And if nothing else, they will have opened our eyes to the remarkable plasticity of biology and made possible new ways of thinking about repairing and replacing damaged tissues so we may consider not only treating but also curing disease. "It's a wonderful time," says Scadden. "Keep your seat belt on, because this ride is going to be wild...
...time to shed the Bush-era belief that diplomacy doesn’t work. Unlike outright military coercion, simple diplomacy is a powerful tool whose countless successes greatly outnumber its failures. Although the Iranian Revolution and the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 still leave many Americans bitter, the time for holding grudges has passed. Simply put, the potential for economic benefits, a more stable Middle East, and—perhaps most importantly—saving American soldiers’ lives are simply too great for the US to overlook, even in the face of such a gross offense to international...
...Mergers have become the tool of tearing the heart out of a recovery...