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Freewheeling at 50 M.P.H.
Swooping left, then right, now cruising straight ahead at the speed of a fresh gale, then suddenly diving into a hollow and rising up together...
An "Understandable" Complication
A phrase that applies to just about every surgical procedure might be "This is going to get worse before it gets better." Surgeons themselves...
Dean Murphy Moves On
Dean moves on
Commencement Confetti
Student linen-crew workers made up the dorm beds that would welcome reunioners. Some beds were then changed as alumni departed and new ones...
"A Hazard of Good Fortune"
A few years ago, in this very theater, we began a major undertaking together, and we did so without knowing quite how, or perhaps even whether...
Staying Active without Climbing Mount Everest
Darting around his living room, Brad Washburn '33, L.H.D. '75, shows a visitor excerpts from his latest manuscript and copies of his alpine...
News from the HAA
Election winners...
Distant Planets
In the last five years, the idea of finding planets orbiting other stars has gone from a science-fiction fantasy to a reality frequently...
Beyond Wages in the Workplace
Paying and training low-wage employees decently
The Adaptive Law of the Land
In an exaltation of deans, the acting dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the institute's dean-elect welcomed dean of...
What Drew Me to War
The motives that drew me to war were many. They included a longing for the exotic adventure denied to kids who ...
Harvard and Havana
Since Fidel Castro took power, direct travel and communications between the United States and Cuba have been proscribed. But academic and...