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NONapathetic
… What do you do when the collision alarm of your nuclear sub goes off under the … season 61 years ago, Life magazine’s editors challenged: “Arise, Class of 1957, you have nothing to lose but your …
Issue: September-October 2018
The Market for News
… Imagine that the Labor Department releases new statistics that show the … under the headline RECESSION FEARS GROW , with a photograph of a long line of people in Detroit waiting to receive unemployment …
Issue: January-February 2006
Yesterday’s News
… 1917 — T.W. Lamont ’92, chairman of the Harvard Endowment Committee, announces a novel plan to … other than its own sons,” rather than to a limited number of wealthy benefactors. 1932 — The Graduate School of …
Issue: January-February 2007
News from the HAA
… In Honored Company The Harvard Medals awarded annually since 1986 by the … I. Kane '53--at the HAA's annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. As a member of the Board of Overseers … Harvey '71, M.B.A. '74. Baltimore. Chair and CEO, The Enterprise Foundation. Barbara J. Wu, Ph.D. '81; A.B. '75 Smith …
From Literature to the Lab
… to discover that his initial inclination (medicine) was the right one. In The Art and Politics of Science (W.W. Norton, $24.95), he traces a career that … 2003, page 48), and then to the National Institutes of Health and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. …
Issue: March-April 2009
Not Just “Office Helpers”
… In an era of TMI, one may hesitate to welcome the 881-page Information: A Historical Companion (Princeton, … and managing of texts has long been a collaborative enterprise; the work of secretaries, often ignored as merely …
Issue: May-June 2021
Fighting the Free Radicals
… Rust never sleeps. Neither do its chemical cousins, the so-called "reactive oxygen … you take, oxidizing substances penetrate this line of defense. In human cells, these agents slip through the … net about 10 million times a day. Under this kind of attack, what's a poor strand of human DNA to do? In fact, …
John Chilembwe
… American-trained Baptist preacher attempted bravely, in the manner of John Brown at Harper's Ferry, to strike a strong blow … Quotations in the text are from his 1965 book The Rise of Nationalism in Central Africa and his 1967 edition …
Issue: March-April 2005
Meet the New Marshal
… attended so many Commencements that she can almost recite the script by heart. But this year's ceremony will bring a … share the honors.) As marshal, O'Neill will serve as master of ceremonies for the morning exercises, speaking some lines … she'll open the event by formally imploring the sheriff of Middlesex County, "Pray give us order." (According to The …
Issue: May-June 2004
Quality Care
… read David Cutler's important new book on how to deal with the nation's most challenging social problem, I kept wanting more. Cutler, professor of economics, provides a needed corrective to … the widely heralded arrival of managed care, led by the rise of HMOs, helped slow the growth of medical costs for a …
Issue: September-October 2004
Harvard Health Benefits: The Administration Responds
… In light of strong Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) opposition to the changes in Harvard health benefits for nonunion … and coinsurance before, and so the prospect came as a surprise. For several years, the University’s annual financial …
The Burst of the South Sea Bubble
… In the north lobby of Harvard Business School’s Baker Library, … earliest and most significant international financial crises. “British citizens from all walks of life invested in … The ensuing panic, coupled with concurrent financial crises in England, the Dutch Republic, and France that same …
Quality of Care
… Several years ago, Lisa Iezzoni, S.M. ’78, M.D. ’84, one of the most prominent researchers in healthcare and disability, … prejudices, and deficiencies. Respondents included a mix of primary care doctors and specialists in fields like …
Issue: May-June 2025
Lives Glimpsed through Passports
… Tiny, colorful toddlers’ shoes; a worn copy of Cuentos de Magon, a staple of Costa Rican literature; snapshots of a woman caught mid-embrace with her husband; and in the midst of it all, a tiny yellow and blue document—a …
Lessons in Dementia’s Decline?
… Public-health officials have for years been warning of a coming “gray wave” of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Today, an estimated 47 million … around the globe, even as the prevalence of dementia cases rises with increasing life expectancy (age is the greatest …
Issue: November-December 2020