Word: welling
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...leaders from around the world descended on New York City this week for the U.N. General Assembly, traffic followed. Police closed off arteries throughout Manhattan's well-heeled East Side for security reasons, leaving taxis, delivery trucks and confused tourists stranded along Park Avenue. It's just another September in New York...
...world attempts to break the carbon addiction that already has it well on the way to climate catastrophe, more clearly defined limits will be useful. But climate diplomats should remember that while they can negotiate with one another, ultimately, they can't negotiate with the planet. Unless we manage our presence on Earth better, we may soon be in the last days of our Long Summer...
...everyone needs to become a Crimson Crazy, but we can all appreciate the good food and good community inherent in a well-executed tailgate. HoCo and house masters, this is your chance to call the play.—Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...hesitancy makes sense. For a handful of chosen ones to walk among us with a greater potential to create things of worth doesn’t mesh terribly well with our country’s democratic values, after all. New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell tapped into just this everyman conception of genius in last year’s bestselling pop science book, “Outliers.” Reaching the top levels of a chosen field, he explained, simply requires a combination of hard work and luck—with a minimum of 10,000 hours of practice, anyone...
...amount in central bank reserves, the New York Times reported. Such financial policies allowed Chile to announce a $4 billion stimulus package this January and provide fellowship funding to Chilean students at several foreign universities, including Harvard. The new agreement will provide fellowships for about 30 additional students, as well as funding to support their families. If a student’s spouse is admitted to Harvard, he or she would also receive a fellowship to cover educational expenses. As Harvard students hail from over 120 countries, Dominguez said that the University is redoubling its efforts to obtain necessary funding...