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...meeting for the Medical School’s students and staff , Dean Jeffrey S. Flier described the grant application, which was submitted in November, as a “valiant effort from the entire community...
...Playful Peaceniks Infinite accolades for the valiant wildlife conservationists who are striving to safeguard the intelligent, sociable and lovable bonobos in the perilous Congo [April 21]. If they do not succeed, it will be imperative to relocate endangered bonobos to safer havens and sanctuaries to ensure their survival. Brien Comerford, Glenview, Illinois...
...hate the thought of King could whip up. They have absolved themselves of blame for producing, or failing to fight, the murderous passions that finally tracked King down in Memphis, Tenn. If one man held the gun, millions more propped him up and made it seem a good, even valiant idea. In exchange for collective guilt, whites have given King lesser victories, including a national holiday...
...citizens. For all the campaign rhetoric about change and reform, everyone seems dead set on ignoring the country's fundamental problem: organized crime, or what we might call our criminal economy. Talk of this corruption crisis never goes beyond expressions of solidarity with the victims, praise for the valiant police, and generic appeals to morality. All of which leads nowhere. Last year, a report by the Italian business association Confesercenti estimated that the Mob in Italy generated more than $125 billion of annual revenue, a figure equal to 7% of the country's gross domestic product. That's more than...
...Pangilinan said. “From freshmen to seniors, everyone has been amazing.”ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPSThrough Saturday, the five Harvard swimmers enjoyed a 13th place standing at Pittsburgh University.Junior Kelley Mooney, freshman Robyn Thom, and sophomores Camille Vasquez, Vanda Gyuris, and Katie Faulkner made a valiant effort for the Crimson.Harvard placed 10th in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 400-yard medley relays, as well as 16th in the 200-yard medley and eighth in the 800-yard free.While Faulkner and Mooney posted the only top-10 finishes in any individual event, with seventh...