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...topic could not be more timely. Wrong was already writing when, in January 2008, Kenya descended into its worst bout of intertribal violence since independence - a jarring episode that left at least 1,000 dead and that Wrong attributes to the kind of tribally based corruption that Githongo seeks to end. Ultimately, he was not successful. But the real surprise of Wrong's book is that someone like him was willing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eating in Africa | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...planets that are more and more similar to the earth,” Kenyon said. Harvard’s new Origins of Life Initiative will bring together research in exoplanets and other areas of physical science with research in the life sciences, according to Sasselov. Students interested in this topic have the option of learning more from courses such as Science A-54: Life as a Planetary Phenomenon and the recently approved course Astronomy 110: Exoplanets...

Author: By Kristi J. bradford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Scientists Cheer New Planet | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

Statewide legislation on the topic is currently pending in the Massachusetts joint judiciary committee, and local laws have already been adopted by Boston and Cambridge...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speakers Advocate for Transgender Rights | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...memoir of his years spent with football-star-turned-actor Jim Brown. In Tyson he had a man who took Brown's use of violence to extravagant, uncontrollable depths. It's as if Tyson did everything wrong and interesting in his life to make himself the perfect Toback topic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tyson: A Charismatic Ex-Champ | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...compliments for the members, and I can establish some social capital with these mostly symmetrical prefrosh while we walk. Don’t blow it this time. Remember freshman year of high school: a signature fedora? Every day? What was I thinking? Not now. I just need a cool topic. Sports. I’ll talk about soccer. No, soccer’s too gay. What about basketball? No, not classy enough. “Hey, who here plays motorcycle polo?” Oh, no. Oh, no. They’re walking faster. They know I can?...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Rest In Peace, Kirby Puckett | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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