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...Stevens's inquiry interviewed more than 300 witnesses, collected over 600 exhibits and used new computer technology to reconstruct the path of the 1994 Mercedes inside the Paris tunnel where it crashed. His investigators spoke to the head of MI5 (British domestic intelligence) and MI6 (foreign intelligence) as well as Prince Charles, who was reportedly even asked whether he had plotted to assassinate his ex-wife. The CIA and other U.S. agencies were asked for information. Stevens said the huge report and its public release were intended to show how systematically the investigators went about their business, so that there...
...lost control, and French or British intelligence. And he said there was no doubt that Paul's blood had at least twice the alcohol level permitted to British drivers. He was also driving at 61-63 miles per hour, twice the speed limit in the tunnel where the car crashed...
...problem with the tenure process, as it presently exists, is that it ignores comparative advantage. Some academics are great teachers, others produce scholarship that changes the world. Still others, though they are few in number, manage to do both. Tenure is the light at the end of the tunnel that is the publish-or-perish lifestyle of graduate students. As a result, those who consider teaching, not research, their passion tend to drop off the tenure track early in their careers. Some of those lovers of pedagogy end up as non-faculty instructors at Harvard where, after teaching...
...decades, video gamers had little more to fear than “joystick elbow,” eyestrain, bad posture, or keyboard-induced carpal tunnel syndrome. Some flashy graphics sequences posed threats to epileptics, but that’s nothing new; many effects-laden television programs boast that dubious distinction...
Sure, thrown controllers have bruised any number of hyper-competitive teenagers, while racing games—with their incessant tunnel-vision scenery—can necessitate a brief recovery period to adjust your vision to the boringly stationary real world. But until recently, serious game-related accidents were few and far between...