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...such questions become more urgent, and as the animal-rights movement’s growing prominence drives us to rethink society’s use (and abuse) of animals, such dialogue becomes increasingly important. And, for a debate often conducted on the streets and in media headlines, the lecture theater offers a rare opportunity for critical analysis...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Animal Studies at Harvard | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...Israeli-Syrian frontier, it would potentially detach Syria from its alliance with Iran and enlist Damascus in moderating or eliminating two key radical elements - Hamas and Hizballah - on Israel's borders. Iran's resulting loss of influence in the region could, in turn, help induce Tehran to rethink its more confrontational positions, particularly on the nuclear issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Netanyahu Could Make Peace with Syria | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...fall simultaneously, much like Galileo measured how two balls fell in synchronization from atop the Tower of Pisa,” Kovachy said. If there is some atomic interference—that is, if two atoms of rubidium do not fall simultaneously—then scientists will have to rethink how gravitational forces act on particles generally. Thompson will also be pursuing research in physics. —PAUL C. MATHIS

Author: By Paul C. Mathis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Students Win Hertz Foundation Grant to Fund Graduate Studies In Physics | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...published survey reported that its member presses’ sales in both units and dollars are down roughly 10 percent for July through December of 2008 from the same period in 2007. Maco said that HUP was not caught off-guard by the recession, and has not had to rethink their plans, as they were anticipating a shift in the publishing market. “With the rise in popularity of digital content, the publishing industry’s sales had been seeing drops even before the recession,” she said. “It?...

Author: By Isabel E. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Press Sales Down | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

Immediate financial fixes. Central banks and financial technocrats are moving to end some of the more flagrant abuses and rethink the financial system's rules - but, inevitably, that is a slow and painstaking task. London needs to serve up some quicker fixes. One suggestion: an immediate ban on opaque off-balance-sheet "special purpose vehicles," which played such a big role in the meltdown (and in the Enron scandal). Another: the establishment of a G20 College of Supervisors, the beginning of a world regulatory body to oversee financial markets, coordinate national responses and troubleshoot crises at cross-border financial institutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The G20's Chance Meeting | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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