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...morning helped to push and pull the boats through the course. Light rain over flat water kept conditions cool. “Each race was faster than the last. The river added a lot of speed to the teams after that,” Bosworth said of the effect of the tide. Though this was the first time out for the Black and White, the Bears, perennial championship contenders—they have taken five national titles in the last ten years—already had a race under their belts. Last week Brown traveled to New Jersey to take...
...policy that will require research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to be made accessible for free online went into effect yesterday, according to an announcement from the institute...
...well-versed in the science of human behavior. But with the full Faculty set to discuss today the possibility of lowering the attendance required for an official vote at its general meetings, many of the professoriate’s own public policy and behavioral experts appeared torn about the effect that the proposal’s adoption might have. “If...Faculty members would only show up if there’s a high enough probability that showing up would matter in terms of reaching the required threshold,” said Economics professor Attila Ambrus...
...year-old the role of Moses, where Heston, with an old man's beard and a young athlete's energy, holds his staff above his head, parts the waters of the Red Sea and beckons the Israelites to walk on through. That last bit was a special effect, but Heston's Biblical authority was persuasively real. Moreover, The Ten Commandments was a huge hit, ensuring that other religious epics would be made. Heston starred in the biggest, Ben-Hur, which won a then-record 11 Oscars and was the top-grossing film of the decade...
...wife's statements on more than three syndicated black talk radio programs in one day. "Ironically, the use of black radio by the Clinton campaign has been in giving Bill Clinton airtime to denounce Obama," says Richard Prince, an online media commentator. "During South Carolina this had the reverse effect: turning African Americans against the Clintons...