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...charged in connection with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001; after U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema declared him fit to stand trial, the culmination of more than three years of legal maneuvering that included a 2002 attempt by Moussaoui to plead guilty, which he later retracted; in Alexandria, Virginia. Moussaoui, who faces the death penalty, vowed to fight execution...
...start being labeled “quite problematic,” as Prof. Kay K. Shelemay said, or “offensive”, the academy becomes a farce. I hope that Harvard students will fight against this dangerous tendency and that it does not find its way to Virginia...
...Craig Kinsley and Kelly Lambert, two Virginia neuroscientists who have done truly pioneering work, have dissected rats' brains and found that during pregnancy there was a tremendous blossoming of what are called dendritic spines--the parts of the neurons that reach out and form synapses, necessary for new learning. Dr. Kinsley compares it to a computer acquiring extra bandwidth to help it run more than one program at a time. There has also been some intriguing recent research on the impacts of two hormones important to motherhood, oxytocin and prolactin, on mental functioning--specifically, learning and memory and the reduction...
...least 44 people died in the flooded tri-state area (22 in West Virginia, 21 in Virginia and one in Maryland), and scores were reported missing. Thousands of homes were destroyed, drinking water systems became fouled, and interstate highway bridges were closed. Property damage in the Virginias alone is expected to exceed half a billion dollars. "You could see the loss in people's eyes and hear it in people's voices," said a West Virginia ambulance worker. Governors Charles S. Robb of Virginia and Arch Moore of West Virginia called out their National Guards to discourage looting...
...Robinson, 44, is well acquainted with the legacy of racism. Born in Richmond, educated in segregated public schools and formerly all-black Virginia Union University, Robinson never attended classes with white students until he went to Harvard Law School. Handsome, slender and an immaculate dresser, Robinson rejected the corporate life chosen by many of his Harvard classmates and went to Washington, eventually joining the staff of Michigan Congressman Charles Diggs. TransAfrica began in 1977, an outgrowth of Robinson's earlier work with the Congressional Black Caucus in organizing opposition to the Ford Administration's benign policies toward white rule...