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...Allston, where you’re launching a whole special project,” said Jim Henle, an MCB lab administrator in Fairchild, in a March interview. “It’s another thing to displace a whole department and send them to who-knows-what netherland.”But the administration continues to say that no fields in the life sciences—or any departments for that matter—are being prioritized, and that the University had made a real effort to accommodate the needs of all researchers.“I realize there?...
...Peter, there's always the shuttle, but be warned that nobody will want to visit you because Dunster might as well be part of some imaginary netherland tucked far, far away from human civilization. The reality is that it'll take you about 7 minutes to get to the Yard by foot...
...stem cell institution in Allston, where you’re launching a whole special project,” said Jim Henle, an MCB lab administrator in Fairchild. “It’s another thing to displace a whole department and send them to who-knows-what netherland.”Some MCB professors say that the displacement of their department indicates a “corporatization” of science—evidence that the administration has been seduced by the financial potential of stem cell research.“Why else would somebody do that...
...European royalty. It was mentioned with a hush that 25 years ago King Edward VII was escorted to his grave by 48 Kings and Princes. Only four sovereigns who wore crowns in Europe then still wear them: Italy's gnarled and hardy little Vittorio Emanuele III; The Netherland's marsh-mallowy but masterful Queen Wilhelmina; Norway's tall brooding Haakon VII (George V's brother-in-law); and the rheumy-eyed royal Swedish marvel who can still play tennis. 76-year-old Gustaf V. To get these four to London, however, proved impractical and only European...
...York's focus is as sweeping as Ourselves' is intimate. "New York was based upon greed," says the late Brendan Gill in the 10-hour documentary. Unlike the colonies settled by religious persecutees (and persecutors), New Netherland was run by the mammoth Dutch West India Co. (Imagine Microsoft building Seattle.) And the city remained dedicated to the godless buck as it became British, then American--though not always for the best, as Jacob Riis' horrifying photographs of immigrant poverty powerfully illustrate...