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...group of students consistently resists the lure of inebriation--members of religious organizations abstain at twice the levels of all students, and less than 30 percent report binging...
...Perkins says only a tenth of students at Northeastern colleges abstain from drinking, but Harvard students abstained at the national average of 20 percent...
While the CCSR may abstain on less clear-cut issues, the ACSR often is forced to tackle issues that are garnering increased attention on the world stage...
...general, however, Tolchin said he thought the CCSR was too conservative. "I was not blown away by CCSR's stances. They were reasonable, but tended to be too cautious," he said. "They tended to abstain from the majority of potentially important progressive causes...
...Converse sneakers), Rollins stalked the stage throughout the performance, pouncing out toward the audience at one moment, bouncing back toward his drummer at the next. His improvisations combined the high- and low-brow, interweaving complex patterns and quotes from pop tunes. Contacting the muse seemingly at will, Rollins would abstain from soloing for one song, then follow with a 10-minute-plus tour-de-force in the following tune. His freewheeling rendition of "They Say It's Wonderful" (from Annie Get Your Gun) drained the saccharin from the showtune. At the peak improvisatory moment of the night, Rollins followed...