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...controversial views. Just last month, Watson expressed his belief that black people might have genetically inferior intelligence. In the ensuing uproar, Watson stepped down from his 40-year post as chancellor of the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory and cancelled the tour for his newly-released book, “Avoid Boring People.” So do the new 368 pages of prose contain any of Watson’s controversial bombs...
...Other tidbits of advice simply come across as pretentious, such as “Avoid gatherings of more than two Nobel Prize winners.” Watson’s rationale: most Nobel Prize winners have had their heyday, so gathering them simply leads to a boring atmosphere anchored in the past. (I doubt most of us stay up late at night worrying about having too many Nobel Prize winners at our next kegger.) Other advice is simply useless, such as “Don’t Take Up Golf.” Watson does occasionally hit the mark...
...stiff Penn defense will fall to sophomore running back Cheng Ho, who earned his second and third career 100-yard rushing games the last two weeks, and senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti, who leads the Ivies in pass efficiency. Harvard, also leading the league in turnover margin, will have to avoid turnovers against a Quakers team that is forcing almost three-per-game...
...past, name-calling has overwhelmed civil debate,” Matory said. “I’m hoping to avoid this...
...quantum chemist and full professor at Berlin's Humboldt University, he is said to resent being called Herr Merkel, even in jest. German tabloids have dubbed him the "Phantom of the Opera" because of his tendency to show up only at the Bayreuth opera festival, while preferring to avoid muddying his boots at the annual pig farmers' convention in Schleswig-Holstein. But Sauer clearly has a soft spot for some events on his wife's schedule - in particular, those that involve rubbing shoulders with the Bushes, according to Merkel biographer Gerd Langguth. His natural reserve notwithstanding, the scientist has made...