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...DANGEROUS QUESTIONSThe University set up the committee in the fall of 2003 to review applications submitted by undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members, who propose research projects that involve human subjects. When the group considers projects in politically volatile regions of the world, its purpose is two-fold: It must protect the safety of both students and subjects.This past summer, Krister B. Anderson ’07 did research in Morocco on the repression of the country’s largest Islamic group. Before approving his research application, the committee made sure that he went to great...
...effect of frequent exaggerations is two-fold: Not only does it lead to one-upmanship (my description of last night’s party is more ridiculous than yours), but also causes us to second-guess the stories of others. We’ve become accustomed to lies, thus used to expressing doubt, and subsequently we have a need to legitimize our own tales and earn credibility for our own anecdotes – enter the ubiquitousness of “literally.” We hope it grounds exaggerations, convinces peers of the truth, and grants us validity among...
...challenge, then, for creating cars that run on something other than oil—and, further down the road, generating the bulk of our electricity from something other than coal—is two-fold. We need a renewable energy source that doesn’t emit greenhouse gases. And we need a way of storing that energy in a form that can be driven around. The latter has few viable solutions: despite intense research, battery technology is still relatively poor, and hydrogen has all the disadvantages already discussed. For the former, we have lots of promising, but highly underdeveloped...
...faint of heart or the thin of wallet: expect to spend hundreds on your books for these classes. Consider it an investment though, as the money you make in your first 20 years as a professional historian should cover that at least two-fold...
...black culture is in no way monolithic….Look at the history of this country—you see a lot of African Americans today with Native American ancestry.” And the proof is in the pudding, as they say.The great ambition of BAF is two-fold: the hosts of the festival intend to explore black cultural heritage through multiple artistic media—theater, dance, music, film—while also crossing countless national borders. They plan to pay homage to black art as a cohesive entity while also preserving the distinctive qualities of each culture...