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DIED. MADELINE JAYNES, 59, journalist, who brought a talent for discerning nuance and spotting inconsistency to the New York Times, CNN and TIME; of cancer; in Brooklyn, N.Y. She had been an editor at TIME since...
...Using a number of behavioral experiments--most of them involving finding food hidden in scent-camouflaged boxes--a team headed by anthropologist Brian Hare of Harvard compared the ability of wolves, adult dogs and puppies to pick up subtle cues in human behavior. Both puppies and dogs showed a talent for finding the food using nonverbal signals from the researchers--even something as subtle as gazing toward the hiding place. That doesn't surprise Nicholas Dodman, director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Dodman says dogs can read "a look, a facial expression...
...investment-banking presence in India, it needed someone to lead the charge. Not surprisingly, it chose Naina Lal Kidwai. The first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School, in 1982, Kidwai, 45, has established herself as one of India's best bankers, a shrewd negotiator with a talent for anticipating new sectors of growth...
Neither opponent matches up well talent-wise with Harvard. RPI—tied for last in the ECAC—lost its two best players from the previous season, and the Skating Dutchmen have relied on their scrappiness rather than raw talent...
Many Broadway shows solicit donations for the charity before the curtains go up in addition to performing original skits for the competitive variety show, advertised as “possibly the season’s most dazzling talent show.” Celebrity judges choose two winners, one for fundraising and one for the best skit...