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...Shanghai, the 38-year-old collector frequents online forums such as those at Watchuseek.com to satisfy his time-consuming but affordable craving. The website's Chinese Mechanical Watches forum is a learned gathering where Chan and his fellow aficionados politely compare and praise each other's recent discoveries, discuss dial typography and intricate case engravings, and generally provide encouragement to other members of their growing band. Chan also writes a blog at micmicmor.blogspot.com, and generously - in fact surprisingly, given the secretive nature of many collectors - shares locations of the dusty Shanghai outlets where he adds to his collection of more...
Voters might well wonder if McCain will fade in the White House--or if Obama has the seasoning for the office. So far, both candidates have kept the age issue at bay. McCain can discuss pop culture as fluidly and astutely as any politician. (He also benefits from terrific genes: note his lively 96-year-old mother Roberta.) Obama, for his part, has projected gravitas and judgment--and has rallied a flood of young voters who could offset those still wary of the new whippersnapper...
...techniques to those contained in a military training book called the Army Field Manual. Several Democrats who have received classified briefings on the current CIA interrogation program have said that the U.S. continues to approve of methods that they believe to be immoral and illegal. The CIA will not discuss the methods, except to say that waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning historically considered to be illegal, is no longer employed...
Members of the Cambridge School Committee discussed the possibility of implementing an International Baccalaureate (IB) program in Cambridge Public Schools at a public roundtable event yesterday. The IB program proposes “international education” for students ages 3 to 19 “to live, learn, and work in a rapidly globalizing world,” according to its Web site. Schools can offer IB courses either as an alternative or in conjunction with existing curricula. “The subject areas are like courses available now at Cambridge Rindge and Latin,” said Evangeline...
...guess that we have a quorum, but you won’t know,” Stock said. “Secretary [of the Faculty Noel] Bisson knows, but she won’t tell you unless you ask her.” Before beginning the discussion of the proposal, Professor of German Peter J. Burgard elected to take the initiative. “The obvious question is, do we have a quorum?” Burgard asked, setting in motion a brief flurry of activity at the front of the Faculty Room, where Bisson, smiling, rose to tear...