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...friends who were white; I had friends who were black. I sat at the black tables [during meals], but I had friends who were white who I ate with too,” she recalls. “I was pretty comfortable walking in both worlds...
...course. He learned everyone’s name. He called on them in class whether they were prepared or not and insisted on grading all the student papers himself, in addition to a teaching fellow grading them. He gave two separate review sessions himself before the final and often ate dinner in the dining halls with students. What he did not do was learn to give a typical Harvard lecture. It is difficult to outline his lectures, as they often wander away into rich tangential territory; his teaching moments are not easily pegged to Roman numeral-ed exposition...
...Arias had tried a couple of times to lose weight--only to regain every pound she shed and then some. Finally, one August day in 1992, she says, "something just clicked. I knew I had to do something." Arias started swimming at a local pool and limiting what she ate. At first, she didn't tell anyone what she was doing because she feared she might fail again. But after the first month, when she lost 25 lbs., people at work started to notice and compliment her efforts. After two years, she had lost more than...
What is Arias' secret? She didn't undergo gastric-bypass surgery. She didn't do Atkins, South Beach or any other diet plan. What she did was buy a couple of books that listed the nutritional value and calorie content of the foods she ate, including prepared items. Then she gave up fried foods and alcohol, began preparing her own meals and loaded up on fruits and vegetables. Finally, she started moving--first by joining a swimming pool, then walking, hiking, biking, even surfing for a while. To this day, she limits what she eats, exercises at least an hour...
...consensus about the best way to lose weight. Half the registrants shed the pounds on their own; the other half enrolled in a program or went to a nutritionist. Some participants emphasized protein, others a low-fat diet. But most chose some combination of limiting what they ate and increasing their level of physical activity...