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While we're still in the deep freeze, there's much for us to consider as we sit huddled in the relative warmth of our dorms and classrooms. Political activism is naturally on the rise in an election year, and it is inspirational to see the busloads of Harvard students...
Do you plan to savor the new polls? Spend your time more productively by rearranging your sock drawer. Why? Consider 1984. On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, the New York Times reported that Walter Mondale "now holds the most commanding lead ever recorded this early in a Presidential...
There's an article in the latest issue of National Geographic on the subject of physical beauty. Among the conclusions that studies reveal: Attractive people make more money, receive more attention in school, get lighter court sentences and are generally perceived as friendlier; babies look longer at faces that adults...
Many people believe that the standards of physical beauty are cultural constructs. I wish they were, but I doubt it. Research indicates surprising regularities in what various cultures consider an attractive face or a well-formed figure. Many of these standards seem to have a biological basis (for instance, the...
Call off the black helicopters, Kofi, and we can talk. Arch-conservative U.S. senator Jesse Helms on Thursday took his grievances with the United Nations right into the belly of the beast, when he became the first legislator from any country ever to address the Security Council. And although he...