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...numerous students’ items, many students have complained that the company has been very slow to respond to their insurance claims. It is unacceptable that students have to deal with lost items, unresponsive customer service, and slow insurance processing three months into the fall term. Collegeboxes needs to begin issuing refund checks immediately and to begin more exhaustive and urgent searches for students’ belongings. It would be unfair to blame Harvard for the losses, given that Kirkland’s renovations necessitated the use of an outside storage service. But since Harvard hired Harvard Student Agencies...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Fighting for Futons | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...assist from Biega—en route to Harvard’s recovery from a 2-0 first-period deficit. Setting up in the right faceoff circle, Taylor was somehow able to find an angle and bank the puck into the left side of the net to begin the comeback effort. “Going down 2-0 there, unfortunately for us, has been too often an occurrence,” Donato said, “so it was nice that we battled back.” It was the game-winning assist, however, that ranked...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spectacular Play Lifts Squad to Win | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...trade you Franklin Pierce for Zachary Taylor. In an effort to supplant the paper dollar, the U.S. Mint in February will begin circulating $1 coins, each with the image of a deceased U.S. President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next: Dec. 4, 2006 | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...until a fraction of a second later that the higher regions of the brain get the signal and begin to sort out whether the danger is real. But that fraction of a second causes us to experience the fear far more vividly than we do the rational response--an advantage that doesn't disappear with time. The brain is wired in such a way that nerve signals travel more readily from the amygdala to the upper regions than from the upper regions back down. Setting off your internal alarm is quite easy, but shutting it down takes some doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Americans Are Living Dangerously | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...winning nine Olympic medals-five of them gold-as well as a record 11 world titles; in an announcement to a stunned press corps in Sydney. Nicknamed the Thorpedo, he explained that, though still at the top of his game, he had met his swimming goals and wanted to begin the rest of his life. "You can swim lap after lap, staring at a black line, and all of a sudden you look up and see what's around," he said. "That's what it feels like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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