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...Aramaic for “holy guests”), unholy houseguests stir up holiday trouble—only in this film, the celebration is of the biblical Exodus rather than a settler/American-Indian dinner. “Ushpizin” is the first film made with collaboration between the ultra-Orthodox community and secular filmmakers and is aimed squarely at general audiences as an comedy anyone can enjoy. Set in modern-day Jerusalem, it follows the lives of poor, kindly Moshe Bellanga (Shuli Rand—also the movie’s screenwriter) and his wife Malli (Rand?...
Harvard researchers have found new ways of assembling nanowires—ultra-thin wires that have the potential to revolutionize electronics—and a new application of the technology that may make over-the-counter cancer tests available in drugstores in the near future. Ritesh Agarwal, a former Harvard postdoctoral associate, published a paper this week in Optics Express on a new technique for assembling and arranging nanowires, which are smaller than any circuitry currently available, even on microchips. The ability to construct specific, three-dimensional, nano-scale devices at the whim of a researcher has until this week...
...forms of literature in the past and today, with no indication as to any reason why Lifestyles should be avoided at this point,” Ballinger wrote in an e-mail. “In fact, a review for the public by Consumer Reports rates the Lifestyles Ultra Sensitive, which we provide, as one of the top three condoms for reliability and strength.” Ballinger also said she had spoken with David C. Olson, practice director of obstetrics and gynecology at UHS and a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, who agreed...
...ruling from earlier that year in Stenberg v. Carhart. We disagree that this concurrence demonstrates any sort of moderation in Alito’s views on abortion rights.Many of his other opinions—on civil rights, environmental protections, and gun control—are ultra-conservative and equally disturbing.In Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development, Alito ruled that the federal government could not force state governments to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act. Even Rhenquist was opposed to that position, and the Supreme Court overturned Alito’s opinion.On civil rights, Alito?...
...drunken or study-fried minds and correspondingly open wallets. B.good will soon offer “healthy” fried onion rings and double cheeseburgers as late as three in the morning so that students will have an alternative to the Kong’s monopoly on ultra-late-night fare and its “authentic” Chinese dishes: fried cream cheese, buffalo wings, and tempura shrimp. Stick it to “the Man,” Harvard, give him your money and let those breakfast eggs from your pre-paid meal plan harden away...