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...road to drunkenness, and the descending arm, as the booze wears off. Generally speaking, on the upward slope, alcohol has a stimulating effect - "social lubrication," says Nixon. But on the down slope, as the alcohol is metabolized, its effects are more sedating. To measure the relationship between people's actual and perceived impairment along this continuum, researchers tested subjects twice, at 25 min. and 75 min. after they'd begun drinking. The two motor-skills tasks used to measure actual impairment were akin to connect-the-dots, but slightly more complicated. The first test simply required participants to draw lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Older Drinkers Less Able to Judge When They're Drunk | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...King’s class, and you too can revel in being called “Congressman.” Committees meet and heatedly discuss legislation. Ambitious legislators run for leadership positions. Almost everything is the same as being a real member of Congress. Except, instead of being an actual elected official, you’re a tool...

Author: By Renee G. Stern | Title: Congressman Padilla (D-Winthrop House) | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...sitting in the dining hall with my block mates, and we were talking about funny things we could do in Pfoho, and I just thought of having a sleepover,” says Weiss. According to her, the general response was positive, but the actual turnout fell short of her expectations. 11:54 p.m. A sudden yelp from Michael H. Oshima ’09 sends the room into panic. “Yeah, I actually like scary movies,” he says, although everyone else is too terrified to look at the screen. 12:53 a.m. After...

Author: By Sanghyeon Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scene and Heard: | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...winter draws to a close and blocking season approaches, Harvard housing myths are shared over Chickwiches in Annenberg. Football players fear the Quad while legacies assume they will follow their parents to Eliot or Adams. Yet it seems students know more about these myths than actual housing rules. When it comes to coeducational living, the policy seems as ambiguous as its name: “gender neutral housing...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly and Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Finding a Neutral Zone | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...agreement in which Israel would return the West Bank in exchange for peace with the Palestinians? The devil is in the details. While they have in principle come to agree that West Bank and Gaza will be a Palestinian state, there are other things that are important like actual boundaries, the future of Jewish settlements, the return of Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Middle East Needs from Hillary Clinton | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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