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Ira Michael Heyman dies at 81; led UC Berkeley, Smithsonian
Ira Michael Heyman, a champion of affirmative action who led UC Berkeley as its chancellor during the 1980s and later became the first non-scientist to lead the Smithsonian Institution, has died. He was 81.
Heyman died at his Berkeley home Saturday after...Tags: Bronx (New York City), University of California, Berkeley, Science, Korean War (1950-1953), Arts and Culture
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Discoveries: 'Not for Profit: Why Democracies Need the Humanities' by Martha C. Nussbaum
Not for Profit
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Martha C. Nussbaum
Princeton University Press: 158 pp., $22.95
Martha C. Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago, is one of the fiercest mythbusters in American academia....Tags: Education, Public Schools, Harvard University, Princeton University, Arts and Culture
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Beverly Hills' close-up? It looks different now
Times Staff WriterBeginnings In 1906, Burton Green and his wife named the land they purchased Beverly Hills, after Beverly Farms in Massachusetts. After construction of the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1912, the city gained popularity as a haven for celebrities. The town...Tags: Arts and Culture, Europe, Rodeo, Family, Banking
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1933 Long Beach temblor defined Southern California as 'earthquake country'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSeventy-five years ago today, at 5:54 p.m., the Long Beach earthquake struck -- and Southern California is still feeling the aftershocks. Leo Vander Lans was riding in the family car down what is now Long Beach Boulevard when the ground began to shake....Tags: Natural Disasters, Laws, Lawyers, State Budgets, California State University, Northridge
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Got discipline?
JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN wrote "Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century."WHAT ARE schools for? For the last decade, I've taught a history course with that title at New York University. My students and I examine the different purposes that Americans have assigned to public schools, including: A. to teach the great...Tags: Education, Public Schools, History, Arts and Culture, Human Rights
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George W. Comstock, 92; epidemiologist was influential in the treatment of tuberculosis
Times Staff WriterDr. George W. Comstock, a pioneering epidemiologist who almost single-handedly blocked the use of the flawed BCG tuberculosis vaccine in the United States and who played a key role in the development of other prevention strategies against the disease,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Family, Cancer, Harvard Medical School
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It's not just swimming pools, movie stars
Special to The TimesBeverly Hills is more than lavish residences, posh shopping or a ZIP Code of television fame. The city has its own schools, police and fire departments and city government. Its 35,000 residents share a sense of community whether they live on a vast estate...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Architecture, Arts and Culture, David Cook, Rodeo
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Why 'Rye' endures: The Little Red Book of Adolescence
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFifty years ago, just before winter break, 16-year-old Holden Caulfield got kicked out of Pencey Prepatory School because he was flunking every class but English. It was his fourth expulsion. So instead of waiting for the vacation to officially begin,...Tags: Ivy League, Teen-agers, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Auction Service
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Air conditioner theft ring seen in Robbins
Tribune reporterThe same people who destroyed an air conditioner at the Robbins public library while stripping it for parts late last week are suspected of similar thefts from at least three other nearby buildings, the village's police chief said today. Commercial...Tags: Libraries, Theft, Arts and Culture
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Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Boys At Horace Mann: Report
PIX11.com | @jaydownycThe Horace Mann School is where the city's elite send their budding scholars - and privileged youth to get a prep school education. But according to a former student - who tells his story in the New York Times - that nearly 40,000-a-year education...Tags: Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct
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What Did Horace Mann School Know & When Did They Know It?
pix11.com | @colekirstinA New York Times Magazine story slated to run on Sunday was released yesterday detailing decades of sex abuse at the Horace Mann School in Riverdale. It was written by an alumnus who interviewed more than 100 former students, trustees, even...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Riverdale (Bronx, New York), Sex Crimes
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Authorities Launch Hotline To Report Horace Mann Sex Abuse
A week after a shocking New York Times report revealed alleged sexual abuse at prestigious New York City prep school Horace Mann School, officials have launched a special hotline for students to report inappropriate behavior by staff members.
The Bronx...Tags: Bronx (New York City), Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct
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