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Harvard's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Society, Alpha Iota, will induct 24 new members of the class of 2001 tomorrow...
Founded in 1781, Harvard's Alpha Iota chapter is the oldest continually operating chapter in America. Iota was originally the PBK chapter of Radcliffe College, but merged with Harvard College's Alpha chapter five years...
...panel increased the recommended daily intake of vitamin E for both men and women to 15 mg, or 22 IU (international units), if it comes in the form of alpha-tocopherol, which is the only type human blood can store and transfer to cells. For d-alpha-tocopherol, another form of the vitamin, the daily limit is 1,000 mg, or 1,500 IU. For dl-alpha-tocopherol, a synthetic form of vitamin E, the limit is 700 mg, or 1,100 IU. As for selenium, the upper limit is 55 micrograms...
...ACTIVITIES ETC: Drama club (9 plays as actor, techie, director), Orlando Sentinel teen correspondent and movie critic for three years, Florida Film Festival volunteer, Science State (2 years), Drama State (1 year), Nat'l Merit Finalist, school literary mag, Mu Alpha Theta, volunteer at local Democratic headquarters...
...books). He "looked" briefly at several nearby sunlike stars in the hope that they might be orbited by planets whose inhabitants were sending out intelligible signals, like the flood of radio and TV broadcasts we've been inadvertently blasting into space for the past 80 years. ("Hey there, Alpha Centauri! Whaddya think of The Honeymooners...