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...Sony and Microsoft, both notorious for pulling out all the stops, are going head to head with their latest game machines. Although not a gamer, I'm drawn to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 (and its new trimmings) as feats of hitherto unseen technological wonder. Both companies have bet recklessly on their platforms, and both see them as gaming plus a whole lot more. So while the gaming world has its own critiques - and while the Nintendo Wii continues to charm with its less performance-based attitude - my desire was to see what the Xbox and PS3 could...
...fewer servings a week. The authors offered several theories for what's behind the correlation. One possibility is that red meat delivers too much iron in a form that promotes cancer. Another is that carcinogens form in meat as it is cooked. Yet another (and one that I would bet on) is that conventionally raised beef carries residues of the hormones ranchers give cattle to make them grow faster...
...together they decided to venture North for the game. Their trip has brought them local fame and for Diane, a ring. When Diane saw a ring she liked at a Charles Street antique store, Tom agreed to buy it if her team won. “I lost the bet,” said Tom, in an interview yesterday morning before the couple left Boston. Right away, Diane extended her hand over the table with the ring on it. “I won.” At the game, the couple sought out E. Daniel Napier...
...after The Game, as he plans to explore various business ventures instead of athletics. But it’s no mystery that football will remain a large part of his life, even if it is only to cheer on his beloved Chicago Bears.“You can bet on it,” Sherlock says...
...Harvard—visibly rattled by the major-college atmosphere and talent level of the Eagles—was blown out in the early minutes. Michigan’s Crisler Arena seats 13,700 fans, a far cry from the 2,200 of Lavietes Pavilion, and is a good bet to be chock full of maize-clad Michigan students.Harvard can try to neutralize that psychological edge, as Cusworth mentioned, by gaining confidence from Vermont’s stunning 14-point upset of No. 14 Boston College in Chestnut Hill on Monday. That same Catamounts squad was beaten by Harvard...