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Hannah Poling is now a third grader in public school, working one-on-one with teachers in a special-ed classroom. She continues to struggle with the effects of autism and also has seizures. Her parents are hoping her case will spur additional research into the causes of autism, including the roles of vaccines and mitochondrial disorders...
...stop closer to campus because we wouldn’t have to take the red line all the way to Park Street,” said Lauren N. Go, a sophomore. In addition to improving convenience, Flitcher said, “The extension will offer significant air quality benefits, spur economic development, and increase property values.” Harvard students, mostly unaware of the proposed changes, won’t reap much benefit from the extension. “It’s going to take just as much time to get there because we would have...
...Garth O. McCavana, the GSAS associate dean for student affairs, called the 80-page report “very well-prepared” and a “good spur to us to push [parental policies] forward,” while cautioning that a better deal for student parents might have to wait on University officials...
...hedge our bets by shooting as many options, by improvising a lot, so that when you’re in the editing room, you aren’t nailed down to the actual script,” Ferrell said. This sort of comedic creativity gives the film a spur-of-the-moment feel. “You try to take advantage of the cast, and that’s why you cast people like Will Arnett,” Ferrell said, rolling his eyes at his costar. “That’s why we try to have this...
...story "Fund To Spur Public Service" said that a donation received by the Kennedy School came from the foreign minister of Qatar. In fact, the gift, was from H.E. Sheikh Sultan bin Suhaim Al Thani, who established the fund in honor of his late father, Sheikh Suhaim bin Hamad Al Thani. The elder Al-Thani, not his son, served as foreign minister of Qatar...