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It鈥檚 a hoary old debate: how much do our genes define how we grow and learn, and how much is due to the environment? A new study by [Augustine] Kong and colleagues shows that parents鈥� genes, even those not passed on to children, have major effects on kids鈥� health and educational attainment.

Webster included [in the dictionary] new American words like 鈥渟ubsidize鈥� and 鈥渃aucus,鈥� and left out hoary Britishisms like 鈥渇ishefy.鈥� John Quincy Adams, the future president, was shocked by the 鈥渓ocal vulgarisms,鈥� and doubted that Harvard, of which he was a trustee, would ever endorse such a radical 鈥渄eparture from the English language.鈥�

If you’ve wondered why the blizzard dumping snow on the Northeast has a name, look no further than The Weather Channel. At the start of this storm season, the 24-hour-weather network announced, much to the chagrin of The National Weather Service, that it would give names to winter storms.

He knew keenly Lillian would feel the disgrace, and feared that her shame and chagrin might be so great that she would never write him or look him in the face again. What could he do to lessen the great embarrassment that he knew she must feel.

Tribal nations are forced to litigate, protest, and educate U.S. and state officials on the terms of the treaties and agreements ratified and entered on these lands. The rule of law requires the U.S. as a treaty partner to fulfill its legal obligations and to enforce those obligations against its component state governments.

Though Marshall continued to litigate civil rights cases, he was exhausted by the vehemence of states鈥� resistance to integration. Marshall and his colleagues fought battle after battle as states defied the new law of the land鈥攃losing entire public school systems, creating charter schools, and even rioting rather than allow Black students to attend alongside white ones.