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Life after calendar reform includes holiday parties, final papers, and secret snowflakes. Oh, and exams before Christmas. Thanks, Harvard! In between hours of studying at Lamont, take some time for a nightcap...or a daycap. Or a mid-afternooncap. FM gives you the lowdown on where to find the best holiday drinks in the Square...
...Lowdown:: Langewiesche, acclaimed author of such books as American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center and Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight, has little use for hagiography or hero worship. But his meticulous breakdown of the fateful flight is highly complimentary to Sullenberger. One exception is the author's puzzlement over why such an experienced pilot chose not to apportion credit to his aircraft, whose "fly by wire" automation helps pilots handle basic tasks and is capable of overriding human fallibility. Sullenberger bristled at the suggestion that the plane deserved credit, arguing on Nov. 15 that the book "greatly...
...you’re doing The Game right, you’ll be far too busy partying to worry about the actual football game. The real priority is making sure you have some stellar party options in lackluster New Haven. FM to the rescue: we give you the lowdown on five places to get down at Yale, both post and pre-tailgate...
...Lowdown: With the 30th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan approaching, this report offers a critical evaluation of the human cost of war through the voices those who have paid it. Millions of Afghans have been killed since the late 1970's, and millions more have been displaced. Along with offering personal accounts of the rampant unemployment, imprisonment, sexual violence and mental trauma that have become widespread side effects of the conflicts for those who remain, the report also explores ways to alleviate conflict recommended by civilians themselves, including urging the government to establish the rule...
...Lowdown: The WHO's inaugural cradle-to-grave study on women's health is far from comprehensive, but the U.N. agency can hardly be blamed for it. "The data and evidence that are available are too patchy and incomplete for this to be possible," Margaret Chan, the WHO's director, said in a statement accompanying the report's release. As for the information that is available, far too much of it focuses solely on women's reproductive and sexual health - "women are more than mothers," the WHO notes, and they "should be engaged in research as active participants." After...