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...hype. In fact, it’s a surprisingly big-hearted work, a story of redemption in the face of vapid, pretentious hedonism. And while this production, directed by Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 and produced by Barry A. Shafrin ‘09, may not always understand the scene it tries to portray, it more than gets by on its sincere belief in the value of familial love...
...genetic basis of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The Stanley Medical Research Institute awarded the gift—the largest ever given for psychiatric disease research—to the Broad Institute, a three-year-old joint venture between Harvard and MIT. “There’s no understanding of the causes of these diseases, and that needs to come from collaboration between clinical people and those in neuroscience and genetics,” said Edward Scolnick ’61, who directs the institute’s Psychiatry Initiative and will head the new center...
From slavery to the civil rights era, the word “nigger” has earned its despicable reputation. We understand, therefore, the desire to send the word and all that it stands for into oblivion. Nevertheless, prohibition is counterproductive, merely exchanging one evil for another...
...When Bryan and his friend dug up Linda's body because the hole was too shallow, Tess lay down in the backseat of the car, again refusing to look. The relationship between Bryan and Tess, meanwhile, seemed to be fraying. On Feb. 24, her blog read: "I don't understand how two people who are 'in love' can have so many... fights in one day. I'M DONE WITH GIVING YOU MONEY TO BUY CIGARETTES. I'M NO LONGER JUST YOUR MONEY SOURCE." On Feb. 26: "I'm like, so amazingly bored...
...only happened once in the last 50 years). And the radical unpopularity of the Bush Administration and the Iraq war will make it harder still. So conservatives should be thrilled they have candidates like McCain, Giuliani and Romney, with proven appeal to Democrats and independents. And they should understand that, given the dismal image of the Washington G.O.P., a Republican Presidential nominee must maintain a maverick or outsider image to have any shot at victory. Instead, even as McCain, Giuliani and Romney move frantically in their ideological direction, conservative activists are raising the bar and threatening to stay home next...