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Forget the Boston Common. Hit up the North End and check out Christopher Columbus Park. It’s no Walden Pond, but it’s sure to get the juices flowing for that Thoreau final. Post-study treat: Apparently this is quite the romantic spot...who knows what could happen...
...summit, he secured commitments from Ukraine, Chile and others to safeguard nuclear materials. And in May he hopes to finalize new sanctions to punish Iran for its nuclear ambitions. These are accomplishments of a statesman who dreamed, as a student 27 years ago, of bringing the wisdom of "Thoreau, Jefferson and Whitman to bear on the twisted logic" of the nuclear arms race...
...science on its own and the results are really stunning, but to have the connection with Thoreau amplifies the excitement all the more given his legacy as a conservationist," Davis said. "This is a very effective vehicle for delivering this message in a timely...
...work proved challenging because many of the plants described by Thoreau, a Harvard alum, have been renamed or regrouped over the past century, according to graduate student Brad R. Ruhfel. But when Davis suggested cutting Thoreau’s data, Primack was in firm opposition to the idea...
Interestingly, the researchers’ botanical work has become associated with hot-button issues like climate change and historical figures like Thoreau, according to Ruhfel...