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In this photo from 2009, Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) stands with then-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a welcoming ceremony for Saleh at the presidential palace in Damascus. As the violence continues in Syria, the U.S. and other countries are hoping to convince Assad to step down from power as Saleh did last year.
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Visiting Scholar Jenna Weissman Joselit To Study Ten Commandments in American Culture
Weissman Joselit, a Princeton University professor who was recently appointed Visiting Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center, is studying the variety of cultural forms in which the Ten Commandments appear in American culture. A professor of American studies 10:50 AM from East Chicago Public Library Read more »
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Why the Chinese are flocking to U.S. colleges
view of McCosh Hall, built in 1906, on the Princeton University campus in New Jersey. William Bennett says many Chinese want their children to attend U.S. universities. STORY HIGHLIGHTS William Bennett: Many Chinese yearn to send their children to U.S. universities 7:39 AM from CNN Read more »
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THE LEGACY OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
(English/Univ. of Missouri; After the End of History: American Fiction in the 1990s, 2009) and Konstantinou (English/Princeton Univ.; Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire, 2009) collect scholarly essays about Wallace’s work, interviews with Wallace and others, 2:28 AM from Kirkus Book Reviews Read more »
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Weighing The 'Yemen Option' For Syria
Results So Far - Gregory Johnsen, Princeton University But before applying this model to Syria, Gregory Johnsen of Princeton University says diplomats should first ask whether the Yemen option has worked for Yemen. "The jury is still out, but the initial signs 5/30/12 from NPR Read more »
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To spread, nervous system viruses sabotage cell, hijack transportation
Princeton University researchers made the first observation in neurons that common strains of herpes thrive by hijacking the transportation of a cell's mitochondria, which regulate a cell's energy supply, communication... Herpes and other viruses that attack from EurekAlert Read more »
