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With some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000. The main culprit? Tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside...
Also, I should point out that the statement, “Increased availability of condoms has not led to a substantial increase in their use, as such devices carry the social stigma of a lack of trust,” should refer to consistent usage, not to all condom usage. This is an important point—condom use in fact has increased substantially in many places, but unfortunately this has not translated into consistent usage, which remains quite low, or into lower HIV infection rates in Africa’s population-wide epidemics. EDWARD C. GREEN Cambridge, Mass. April...
...science with some elements of the social sciences—making it profoundly different from the archaeology and social anthropology tracks within the anthropology concentration, according to anthropology professor Daniel E. Lieberman ’86. “What we do, the questions we ask, the techniques we use, the issues we ponder...are so divergent from those of our colleagues in anthropology,” said Lieberman, a professor in the biological anthropology division. “It no longer makes any sense to be in the same department...It’s come to a point where...
...everyone aligns with this view, however—others, namely the current Turkish government, vehemently reject the use of the word “genocide” to describe these events. This puts President Obama in a difficult situation. In years past, the president of the United States has delivered a speech commemorating these events. Obama will almost certainly keep with this unofficial tradition. But, if he omits the word “genocide,” Armenians around the world will accuse Obama of breaking his promise to explicitly label the events as such. Likewise, if he does utter...
...label the acts “genocide” would put the late Ottoman government in the company of Nazis in Germany, Hutus in Rwanda, and other perpetrators of genocide. But no matter how powerful the label of “genocide” may be, insisting on its use should never come before the priority of accurately describing what happened. While a debate over the precise terminology may be useful for international lawyers, for activists and ordinary citizens, studying the actual historical events and their lessons is far more relevant and meaningful than sparring over semantics. For Turkey...