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...problem lies with Obama's low-key speaking delivery, an approach that surprises listeners who know him best (and often only) from his roof-raising keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. "His style is so cerebral and so cool that it just doesn't appeal to a wide segment of the Democratic Party," says an adviser to a rival campaign. "They want to like him, but he just isn't connecting with them." And Obama has had a harder time cultivating a down-home image than his opponents. A few weeks ago, he skipped a candidate forum sponsored...
...applesauce as I did when I used a big spoon and a big plate. As predicted by previous results, the bigger spoon caused me to serve myself almost 15% more, the big plate 25% more. I also overestimate--by 50%--when I try to pour a shot into a wide glass instead of a tall one, a problem even professional bartenders can't overcome. And when given a full gallon of orange juice, I indeed pour almost 10% more than when given a half-empty gallon...
...Before televangelism got so complicated--before Jim Bakker had sex with a church clerk and Jerry Falwell entered politics--there was Rex Humbard, a wide-eyed guitar-playing, TV-loving revival preacher from Little Rock, Ark. In the early '50s, the self-described "electronic evangelist," who helped eulogize fan Elvis Presley, began to develop a following with TV broadcasts that for a time reached more parts of the globe than any other religious show and claimed 20�million viewers. Among the hallmarks of his 5,400-seat, marble-and-glass Cathedral of Tomorrow, a onetime movie theater near Akron, Ohio...
Daniel J. Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program, said that the frequently applied term “genius grant,” is a misnomer that suggests a too-narrow definition of achievement. This year’s 24 fellows come from a wide range of fields and do vastly different things, but, Socolow said, “one thing they do have in common is this remarkable streak of creativity...
Harvard is planning to launch a University-wide social sciences task force charged with examining how to coordinate resources and facilities to cultivate interdisciplinary work in those fields, University President Drew G. Faust said in an interview with The Crimson yesterday...