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Adam Matheny of the Louisville Twin Study, the oldest of U.S. twin study groups, says the "mechanism for change is laid down the moment a child is conceived" and that the genes provide a "rough sketch of life." Some psychologists who stress the influence of genes on behavior often speak as if nurture were a by-product of nature. "All of us make our own environment," says Developmental Psychologist Sandra Scarr of the University of Virginia. Lykken makes the same point: "The environment molds your personality, but your genes determine what kind of environment you have, seek and attend...
...burden to overcome in terms of having credibility with students," says Christopher F. Edley, Jr., an assistant professor who last month became the fourth Black to receive tenure in the history of Harvard Law School. Edley and Bell are currently the only Blacks tenured at Harvard, the nation's oldest law school; two other Black assistant law professors are also on the faculty...
Harvard rugby is the oldest rugby club in America, founded in 1871 and first recognized by the Harvard Athletic Association in 1932. The Harvard-McGill rivalry, begun in 1874, was the world's first international college sports match...
...city council is divided evenly between four members of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--the city's oldest political party--and four loosely affiliated, more conservative Independents. The CCA strongly supports rent control and a progressive agenda, while the Independents are more pro-business, and neighborhood-oriented...
...protest the plan, workers at Japan's eleven major mines mounted a 24-hour strike on Nov. 13. Some 7,000 supporters marched with union flags and placards in subfreezing weather. Still, their action did not prevent last week's closure of the Takashima coal mine, the country's oldest...