Word: armes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ccasionally, strange figures appear in the Yard, perhaps carrying a jockey hat under one arm, or sporting tight black jodhpur pants and wearing tall shiny boots. No, these mysterious folk are not on their way to a Marquis de Sade costume party: they are members of the Harvard equestrian team. "I always get weird looks when I stride across the Yard in my riding outfit," complains the team's coordinating co-captain Sia Shin `99. "It's a good thing we leave the whips in the barn." Many of these weird looks may be due to the large percent...
...This is family," says Margaret, a singlewelfare mother, as she waves her arm before thebusy scene. "Everyone knows everyone else and weall grew up together. Now we have kids and ourkids play with each other...
...shifting and twisting for some modicum of comfort, staring blearily at oddly-angled monitors and typing furiously on stress-enhancing keyboards. Our "breaks" from work too often consist of checking e-mail, surfing the Web or playing a quick round of solitaire or Quake. We ignore any fatigue or arm pain in favor of working late into the night to finish that last paper or problem...
...from a number of sources at Harvard. Harvard RSI Action is a support group for people with RSI organized and run by students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Have someone surf their web site for you at www.eecs.harvard.edu/rsi/. The page features tips on hand and arm stretches, varieties of ergonomic computer equipment and other resources. The Center for Wellness and Health Communication at University Health Services (UHS) offers physical and massage therapy for RSI sufferers as well as useful guides to proper work-station set-up and hand stretching exercises...
...confidential" memo written in January 1997 by JERE NASH, campaign manager for RON CAREY, a month after he was re-elected Teamsters president. The memo, addressed to Carey, details how union employees helped his election. For example, the union's chief organizer turned his entire staff into an arm of the campaign, which is illegal. Nash has pleaded guilty of conspiracy to divert union funds, and is assisting in the FBI's probe. Carey, his election overturned, has denied wrongdoing...