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… Richard B. Myers Photograph by Jon Chase / Harvard News Office "Never before has there been a time when you can be more proud to be in public … July; depending on seniority and job class, those figures rise as high as $12.25 and $12.70, respectively. The …
Issue: July-August 2002
The 1,200 Loop
… stretching and conversing outside Harvard Stadium. It was the caption that riled people up . “Discussing how long the … marathon. “#its1200m.” A debate began on the true length of the loop. One commenter guessed that it was between 50 and 70 meters shy of Seidel’s estimate. Another sided with Seidel. “1,200 …
Issue: March-April 2021
Connecting Body and Soul
… 35-year-old Latina woman with two young children lies in the intensive-care unit (ICU) of a Boston-area hospital, dying from cancer. With no sign … most Americans placing a high value on faith, it’s no surprise that religious and spiritual beliefs can be a source of …
Issue: January-February 2017
Cryptic Puzzle: “Is there a doctor in the house?”
… Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solution You … – Manhattan, KS Segrid O'Gore – Seattle, WA Harold Porosoff – Scarsdale, NY Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD … – Farmington Hills, MI … Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. … March-April 2013 …
Allston Anticipation
… a letter to Allston residents reporting that all but one of Harvard’s marketable retail properties in the community had been rented. She wrote also that an … “work team has been gathering information from a range of sources both inside and outside the University to help …
Civil War Reawakened
… A new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, by Adam Goodheart ’92, recently … reviewed in Harvard Magazine, was also the subject of a searching, favorable review in the New York Times … years in the making, explores the origins and beginnings of the war, whose sesquicentennial begins this year and will …
Granny Talk
… Edward Everett entered Harvard at the age of 13 and took his degree 200 years ago at … he was known as a formidable orator. He was valedictorian of the class of 1811 and spoke on “Literary Evils.” That was …
Issue: May-June 2011
The Law concerning Kite Flying on Massachusetts Beaches
… $25), a novel by Peter D. Kramer '70, M.D. '76, author of Listening to Prozac . Chip is "attacking a small exemplar of capitalism"; his accomplice hates "the ugliness of greedy houses on the dunes." The press … up too often as a child to fear a blow or two.... To my surprise he stopped and caught hold of himself. I now think he …
Issue: September-October 2001
A Justice’s Modest Counsel
… When I arrived at the Supreme Court as a 20-year-old undergraduate, I was directed to the clerk’s office, where an assistant phoned Justice David Souter’s chambers to announce my arrival. To my surprise, it was the Justice himself who came down the hall to …
Issue: July-August 2025
Five Questions with Brian D. Farrell
… Brian D. Farrell is the Lehner professor for the study of Latin America and a … Times . Ecologists and evolutionary biologists were surprised by how conservative the evolution of these ecological …
Meta-journalism
… For most of the twentieth century, newspapers were a relatively stable … local monopolies, so just standing pat they could make lots of money—e.g., a 20 to 30 percent profit margin from … widely respected. Josh is the perfect guy for this enterprise: he has great ideas, a deep understanding of the …
Issue: May-June 2012
Commencement Address by President Lawrence H. Summers
… by Lawrence H. Summers On behalf of every student, faculty member, and every member of the staff of Harvard University, I want to thank the alumni … their economies grow at a rate where living standards could rise by a factor of 30 in a single human lifespan, a trend …
An Evasive Bacterium
… have begun to wonder if it operates by a different set of biological rules than those they are familiar with. Last year, the director of the National Institutes of Health awarded a special “New …
Issue: July-August 2008
Spotlight
… gospel music in Greater Boston. Only this December at the Museum of Fine Arts can anyone tune into the select power of The NEC Millennium Gospel Choir, which features about 100 …
Issue: November-December 2014
Side Missions, Engines, Joysticks
… its viewers for about two hours, a video game more likely offers a 10- to 40-hour ride—roughly comparable to a book. Furthermore, unlike other entertainment media, video games are … May ’99, head writer for the Assassin’s Creed games, one of the world’s best-selling franchises. “We are not …
Issue: September-October 2013