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...founded in 1883 but on hiatus since 2002—is shooting to become an active organization once again. Sharply dressed (and belying his sharp-shooting skills), Perese said that all new members will first be trained in pistol and rifle safety under National Rifle Association guidelines, and then progress to skeet and trapshooting at the Fin Fur Feather Club in Millis, Mass. His goal is “promoting sportsmanship and exercising our Second Amendment right to bear arms.” Perese acknowledged that some oppose the new club. Though the club won’t hunt live...
...problem can easily be rectified simply by tracking the academic progress of individual students from one year to the next, something that is now being done under the accountability system Jeb Bush set up in Florida. NCLB needs to ask all states to set up a similar system, and then apply it to schools and teachers alike...
...from the Yard for it.” Applications to reserve space in Hilles for next year are due Feb. 23. McLoughlin said he hoped the installation of Global Positioning System on the shuttles, to be completed by May, would allow students to track the shuttle’s progress and minimize wait time. —Staff writer Elaine Chen can be reached at chen23@fas.harvard.edu...
Also tracking the progress of diamondmaking are biologists, who covet the gem's inertness--it doesn't react with other substances--and its ability to retain its structural integrity despite being bathed in natural acids and other organic compounds. One possible application: diamond-based electrodes, implanted under the skin, that could be designed to react chemically in the presence of certain proteins. Already, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed such a prototype for detecting levels of a protein critical to nerve-cell activity...
...sciences. The Crimson granted anonymity to the six sources because the committee’s work is considered confidential and the individuals’ relationships with members of the committee would be compromised if they were named. University spokesman John D. Longbrake declined to comment last night on the progress of the search. Most search committee members are scheduled to leave Cambridge today after a regularly scheduled meeting of the Corporation.The search panel last met with the Overseers on Dec. 3. At that meeting, the committee showed the board a list of about 30 presidential contenders, although the panel...