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...Carter has publicly criticized Dershowitz, telling the Boston Globe in December that he would not debate someone who “knows nothing about the situation in Palestine.” Carter has defended the controversial title of his book, saying in a statement on the Carter Foundation Web site that the “apartheid” refers to conditions in the Palestinian territories and not in Israel. The leader of the Harvard Progressive Jewish Alliance, which generally opposes Dershowitz’s hawkish views on Israel, said in an interview after the event that she was impressed...
...that I was being nominated. I gather that [the nomination] follows from a consensus among senior faculty,” Antras said. Granted by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the fellowship honors researchers with “outstanding promise,” according to the foundation’s Web site. In addition to the three economists, Harvard’s Sloan fellows for this year are Maurice Smith, an associate professor for bioengineering; Rachel Irene Wilson, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the Medical School; and Markus Greiner, an assistant professor of physics. —Staff writer Aditi...
...increasingly targeted advertising campaigns by the industry.The testimony was based on a study published last month, in which Connolly looked at the tobacco companies’ marketing methods—particularly their targeting of youth and minority populations. A statement about the bill appearing on Kennedy’s Web site states that the legislation seeks to break the “gruesome cycle [of addiction] that seduces millions of teenagers.” The release goes on to state that the federal government must take on the task of regulating the industry’s actions. Fineberg Professor...
Worried that you left the iron on? iControl, which won the 2006 Electronic House Product of the Year Award for its system of cameras, sensors, lamp modules, thermostats and detectors, allows you to view live video and manage your utilities and appliances from a personal Web portal or any Web-enabled cell phone. The iControl starter kit costs $399, with a monthly subscription fee of $10. HomeSeer's $200 Home Control Software 2 can create elaborate automated routines that you can then control remotely via a Web page and activate by voice or simply by sending an e-mail...
...read several of his poems, according to Boston University’s student paper The Daily Free Press. A national campaign called “Longfellow Across America” has been launched to push Americans to remember and revive Longfellow’s memory. According to their Web site, the effort has sent Longfellow “Activity Kits” for classroom and library use to all interested schools in the U.S. named after Longfellow, contacted regional and national weathermen with quotes from Longfellow’s poetry appropriate for all types of weather forecasts, and ensured...