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Galbraith v. the Supply-Siders
Richard Parker, who directs the program on economics and journalism at the Kennedy School, has written a meticulous, meaty, and colorful...
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WATER AND OIL The quote from Azzam Alwash, director of the Eden Again Project, with which Christopher Reed's article on Iraq's Marsh Arabs...
people building their passions
"A home is not a mere transient shelter," H.L. Mencken wrote in Prejudices: Fifth Series, "its essence lies in its permanence, in its...
Faculty Composition
Harvard's faculty consists of both tenured professors and "ladder faculty" (associate and assistant professors), and other teaching...
Return to Harvard Day
On April 13, alumni/ae of all classes, their spouses, and their high-school-aged offspring are welcome to visit the College to attend...
Money-Manager Transition
The University announced on January 11 that Jack R. Meyer, M.B.A. '69, president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company...
Winter Sports in Brief
Women's Ice Hockey The icewomen (11-6-2) revenged an early 3-2 road loss to Yale with an 11-2 blowout at home in January. Four of the team's six...
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...