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...older and marginally wiser, I'm taking the path of least crankiness in the early days of this new Administration. Sure, I'm worried that Obama isn't dealing decisively enough with the banking crisis--but, on the other hand, this is uncharted territory and maybe a cautious, case-by-case strategy will prove to be the right one. And yes, I'm worried that Obama is deferring a bit too much to the snails and toads (of both parties) in the Congress--but, on the other hand, savvy aides like Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel and congressional liaison Phil Schiliro...
...different populations," says Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, one of the study's authors and co-director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations at the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital. "We would have completely missed this at-risk group had we only been looking at older age groups. We would have also missed them if we had not been studying African Americans in large numbers." (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs of the past year...
More than 1,600 incoming freshmen will fall under Gen Ed this September, and College administrators say that they expect nearly half of rising sophomores to choose Gen Ed over the Core. Older students are also likely to jockey for newly created Gen Ed classes, since they also count toward the Core...
...freshman knew about the anticipation surrounding his play coming into the season. The Syosset, N.Y. native comes from a family of lacrosse players. His two older brothers, Steve Cohen ’06 and Greg Cohen ’07, played for Harvard’s varsity lacrosse program. Their influence on Cohen led to a sensational high school career full of accolades and accomplishments, acquiring two U.S. Lacrosse All-American awards and obtaining the Long Island scoring record of 260 goals. His fantastic lacrosse resumé earned him a national top -four ranking coming into the school year...
Experience vs. Youth. A study of Canadian air-traffic controllers published in this month's Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that an aging brain is just as sharp as a young one - at least when it comes to surveying the skies. While older controllers, aged 53 to 64, were slower on simple memory or decision-making tasks not directly related to air-traffic control than their younger peers, aged 20 to 27, they did equally well on tests that directly simulated the tasks of an air traffic controller. The study's lead author theorizes that decades of experience and expertise...