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Tatar’s research led her to observe children’s reading habits and conduct interviews to try to better understand the impact of the written word...
...team conduct extensive fieldwork to classify invertebrate organisms in an effort to better understand how living things are evolutionarily related. “I take my students with me,” says Giribet, who affirms that firsthand experience with organisms is an essential part of studying OEB. “I took several graduate students, as well as an undergraduate student, to New Zealand a few years...
Unfortunately, in Dean Hammonds’s most recent letter to students, she writes that the “threshold for approval to return to campus in January 2010 will be high” due to the reduced housing staff and limited dining space. We certainly understand that financial and logistical constraints will play a role in how these rules are crafted, but we hope that the College will explore other cost-saving measures in the interests of maximizing students’ opportunities. For example, if food costs are a constraint, perhaps the College can offer a housing-only option...
...what about his steroid use? The fact that he admitted to cheating earlier in his career? You know what, I understand. I understand him saying he was stupid and he was naïve. You are naïve when you're 24, 25 years old. He's a kid still. A-Rod, [Roger] Clemens, those of us who've made mistakes in life, we're no different than those little girls that run around in Hollywood and act crazy too. Britney Spears, the Lindsay Lohans, it's not different than what they...
...knows this." Another common technique used by cops is to allow a suspect to shift the blame for his crime to something or someone else. "You find out that a suspected child molester was himself molested as a child, and you say, 'It's O.K. We understand why you did it,' " says Alexander. Cops also learn how to take a statement made by one suspect and use it against another. These techniques are not ruled out by the Army manual, but Alexander believes they should be specifically included as recommended techniques...