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...Theories abound for the increasing numbers, including a desire to straddle the humanities and the sciences and an increased awareness of the importance of putting hard scientific facts in social context...
...dissenting opinions abound. Jennifer A. Bolstead '98 described her box lunch experience last week as "mediocre at best...
From Mozart's Don Giovanni to Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, the figure of the libertine, that politically incorrect swine, has swaggered provocatively through 200 years of operatic history. Cads, bounders and rakehells abound onstage: one thinks not only of the lecherous Don and Tom Rakewell but of Nerone, Pinkerton and Eugene Onegin as well -- moral reprobates who give hardly a second thought to the consequences of their actions...
Fortunately, antidotes to this problem abound. Varying amounts of linoleic and linolenic acid are found in different kinds of cooking and salad oils -- among them corn, soybean, safflower and walnut oils. They are also present in seeds, nuts and green vegetables like broccoli. But don't look for polyunsaturated oils in processed grains, advises Siguel. Food manufacturers generally remove these spoilage-prone compounds from pasta, bread and breakfast cereal in order to lengthen the shelf life of their products. Thus, Siguel ventures, a slice of pizza made with soybean oil may be healthier than portions of some low-fat foods...
That's not to say that I regret spending my summer here. Harvard does have its clear advantages. They just don't abound like some would expect them...