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...word story of Max - last name unknown, emotional state tumultuous, willingness to obey dubious - has been a bedtime favorite of wild things everywhere (and their parents) since not long after its 1963 publication. That makes nearly five decades' worth of fans, many of whom have been harboring the disquieting fear that the universality of Maurice Sendak's Max, who so exquisitely embodies the inherent storminess of all small beings, would be marred by Spike Jonze's cinematic adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. (See TIME's photo-essay "Kids' Books Come to Life...
Pragmatism is still likely to keep the crisis in check. Israel is involved in two major defense projects in Turkey that are worth more than $1 billion, and the prickly issue of Iran's nuclear program looms larger than anything else in the region. But the latest dispute signals that it is no longer business as usual between the two erstwhile friends...
...does this mean the vaccine was not effective? That depends on whom you ask. Some experts argue that the vaccine's effect, if it exists, is so tiny that it's not worth pursuing in a significant way. They also question whether such a large trial can be considered as a proof of concept. "Doing a 16,000-person trial, it can't be a proof of concept at that point," says Dr. David Ho, director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City. "Would I invest in it? The answer is no. There are other things...
Almost $4,500 worth of valuables was stolen from the women’s soccer and softball locker rooms last Tuesday—the most recent incident in an unusual string of burglaries that has hit four different Harvard athletic teams in the past month...
These burglaries come on the heels of two others that occurred last month. On Sept. 24, over $2,000 worth of possessions, including a laptop and two wallets containing cash, were stolen from the men’s water polo locker room. Six days later, $65 in cash was reported missing from the men’s soccer team locker room at the Dillon Field House...