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Reforming Social Security
The current discussion of ways to reform the U.S. Social Security retirement system is becoming increasingly polarized over the issue of...
Cilia in C-Major
In the human ear, it takes only a few millionths of a second from the time a sound wave vibrates the receiving "hair cells" to the...
"A Difficult and Compelling Pursuit"
Melanie Carr '97 once planned to go to law school, but her passion for social justice has led her to her own niche in public-interest law. She...
Here's to Ralph, Mrs. DeVoto, and Warren
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." As many readers of this magazine are well aware, every five...
Envisioning Arts and Sciences Anew
In his annual decanal letter to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), published February 3, William C. Kirby fleshes out the three principal...
A Calling for Justice
While investigating the genocide in Rwanda for the United Nations in 1994, attorney Gary Haugen '85 directed the exhumation of mass graves to...
Parallel Universities
Even as Harvard's planning consultants conclude the private phase of their development grid for Allston, it is possible to get a sense of their...
Harvard news and notes, early spring 2005
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Off the Shelf
Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class, by Ross Gregory Douthat '02 (Hyperion, $24.95). "Harvard was not what I had...
10 Downing Street's Gulag
In October 1952, the British governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, declared a state of emergency. Mau Mau rebels were attacking and...
Earthy Elegance
Caffé Umbra, a simply decorated restaurant serving rustic French (and some Italian) fare, is the product of chef/owner Laura Brennan's...
Leaner Libraries
The pilot project with Google announced by the Harvard University Library in December is a small step toward a future of possibilities in which...