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...Primum non nocere, or “first do no harm,” is an oft-repeated maxim of western medicine. But a paper by a Harvard Medical School (HMS) researcher presents new support for the possibility that breast cancer surgeons may be unintentionally doing just that. The paper, published in the International Journal of Surgery, hypothesizes that African-American women are more likely to die of breast cancer because they are more likely to undergo surgery at a young age to remove cancerous tumors. That surgery may in fact exacerbate the cancer by unleashing agents into the body...
...truth to the Harvard community, one less concerned with plumbing deep philosophical arguments than with displaying Harvard students’ immense reservoir of musical talent, which is often below undergrads’ radar screens. It has pulled off its biggest attempt yet with a compilation CD, titled Primum, which will debut at a release party at Boston’s Roxy Club...
...Primum is made up of nine songs that reflect the varied interests of Harvard’s artists. There are two songs by hip-hop group Tha League, who recently finished a music video for the included song, “Stop Stop,” two by indie favorites The States—as winners of a national unsigned-band competition, they will soon fly to Los Angeles to record a whole CD—two by the acoustic singer/songwriter/label president Zaccagnino, one by the jazz group Modern Music Collective, one by Jamie B. Fordyce ’05?...
...pattern, like Waltham watches or Ford cars". By and large, however, it cannot be said that philosophy has inspired or even tinged the new movement. The great sister university, though treading the same path of progress fiercely presents the undemocratic implication. In nine colleges out of ten the primum mobile of progress is the mere force of numbers. Confronted by the increasing swarms of Freshmen, they are positively driven to the "selective process...
...Paolo, circa 1445. God the Father hurtles down from heaven, supported by blue cherubim and bowling before him an immense wheel depicting the concentric divisions of the universe -- the earth, the spheres of water, air and fire, those of the seven planets, the zodiac and the dark blue primum mobile. On the right, an angel chivies our first parents -- pale, forked creatures -- out of a tapestry paradise of emblematic plants...