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THERE WAS SOMETHING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ABOUT Harvard University President Larry Summers' speech on gender disparities in January. In his first sentence, he said his goal was "provocation" (rarely a wise strategy at a diversity conference). He called for "rigorous and careful" thinking to explain the gender gap among top-tier...
In light of Univeristy President Lawrence H. Summers’ remarks, one might expect WISHR to suggest that women in science at Harvard are hampered by subtle sexism in their classrooms, by a lack of female role models in their field, and by a general social perception that the sciences...
She defended Summers’ remarks, calling them a “non-exhaustive list of plausible explanations.”
A Time to Heal I was heartened to find that in my home country, the Netherlands, a small nation of only 16 million people, more than $145 million was collected in private donations for victims of the tsunami disaster [Jan. 17]. That is in addition to the $300 million in...
Although the characters in the film consume all sorts of wines, it's whiny oenophile Miles' poignant ode to this oft overlooked and finicky varietal that has moviegoers rushing to see what the fuss is about and poring over Sideways: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Press) for wine names and explanations...