<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Dear All,</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">We hope you'll enjoy this debut edition of "Said and Done" -- a monthly news and features digest from the Dean's Office of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">For the complete November digest, visit <a href="http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2009-said-and-done-digest-november-2009">Said and Done</a>. </span></font></span></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A21E09" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Highlights include: </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Feature | </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Diagnosis</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A21E09"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Four School experts look at root causes of current U.S. health policy, and propose approaches that would be healthier -- both for “We, the People” and for the national pocketbook. </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#a21e09" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(162, 30, 9); "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/fall_09/diagnosis"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">More</span></font></a></font></div></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Soundings | </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Fall 2009 </span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Magazine of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(162, 30, 9); "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/fall_09/contents"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Stories of ideas in action</span></font></a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Profile | </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Craig Wilder, Professor of History</span></font></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A21E09"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Wilder's path to becoming a noted historian included convincing his mother. In this profile he describes why "thinking for a living is a joy."<br></span></font></font></div></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(162, 30, 9); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "></span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(162, 30, 9); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/community/wilder">More</a></span></font></span></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(162, 30, 9); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/community/wilder"></a></span></font></span>Website | </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Be Surprised <br></span></font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#333333" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">If you like to explore...</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "><font color="#a21e09" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(162, 30, 9); "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/mission/be_surprised"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Visit</span></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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