Word: walkerism
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...based on it. The task of solving the crime fell to one Jonathan Whicher, the son of a gardener and one of the original eight London policemen selected to join a new, élite unit of detectives headquartered at Scotland Yard. Kate Summerscale's THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER (Walker; 360 pages) is not just a dark, vicious true-crime story; it is the story of the birth of forensic science, founded on the new and disturbing idea that innocent, insignificant domestic details can reveal unspeakable horrors to those who know how to read them...
...wards that make up the political machine thrive on delivering the vote come Election Day. But they also exist for the patronage and other help that ward leaders and committee persons can offer their people. Like all dreamers, Grandpop was a walker of the neighborhood. He took us on evening walks through Hunting Park, his Phillies cigar a regular part of the ritual. On the way home, he'd stop at the corner next to the subway stop, get the bulldog edition of the Inquirer and chat with the guy selling the papers. That corner, one of my brothers recalled...
...research necessitates significant contributions from basic science, while global health delivery science is rooted in the social sciences—the opportunities for productive synergies between NTD and delivery research initiatives are numerous, including collaborations in the development of research capacity overseas. Many Harvard professors, including Jim Kim, Bruce Walker, Dyann Wirth, Sue Goldie and Paul Farmer have made extensive contributions to these fields...
...reality is that there are [HIV-infected] people walking around right now that have figured out someway to survive without need for medication,” Walker said. “There are answers that could be gleaned from these people that could have incredibly important implications...
...believe all I’ve done is real,” Burbank said. Captain David M. Gowel, a training officer in the ROTC battalion based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said the opportunity to hear the experiences and advice of a veteran space-walker of two shuttle missions developed entirely by chance. “[Burbank] stopped by our office, given that we share the military thread, and asked for parking since MIT didn’t give him a space,” Gowel said. According to President of the Aviation Club Emanuel Beica...