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...going to provoke you,” he told the assembled audience of about 50 at a Friday conference of the National Bureau of Economics Research in Cambridge. Instead, he provoked a far wider audience, ranging from Harvard faculty and undergraduates to science scholars and university administrators across the country...
...small seaside town about an hour north of Barnstable began another unsparing manhunt this month in hopes of solving a three-year-old murder. Police in Truro, Mass., intend to collect the DNA of every one of the town's 790 males. After that, the cops may cast a wider net, reaching neighboring towns. They started by approaching men at Truro's few outposts--the post office, the pizza place, the grocery store--and politely asking each if they could swipe a lollipop-size swab inside his cheek. It's strictly voluntary, and the Truro men can say no. Then...
...position on Arafat had become untenable given its difficulties in Iraq and elsewhere in the Muslim world. Having demonized Arafat as the problem, the Israelis will now likely have to deal with the fact that his passing allows the U.S. to recalibrate its own positions in line with its wider interests in the region. President Bush responded to Abbas's election by immediately inviting the new Palestinian leader to the Bush White House, which had been off-limits to Arafat...
...exercises can do more than lift one's mood. At the University of California at Davis, psychologist Robert Emmons found they improve physical health, raise energy levels and, for patients with neuromuscular disease, relieve pain and fatigue. "The ones who benefited most tended to elaborate more and have a wider span of things they're grateful for," he notes...
...accustomed to defending certainly won’t be. Like Minnesota, Northern Michigan (9-4-3, 7-3-2 CCHA), Harvard’s adversary in the opening round, also regularly competes on Olympic surfaces both at home and on the road—though not without exception, most wider rinks are concentrated in college hockey’s western conferences. That leaves the Crimson and Hockey East’s Merrimack (6-10-2, 1-8-1) at something of a disadvantage in the way of experience...