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...shoes in those days. Dodging and weaving, we sprinted through the corridors, running as fast as was safe - and sometimes a little faster. We ran as if lives depended on us - and sometimes they did. Running just as fast through our heads were new-doctor's thoughts: "stopped heart, brain damage worse by the minute, airway, breathing, circulation - run fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystery of the Double Cardiac Arrest | 6/8/2006 | See Source »

...sure my parents are wondering why they didn’t just send me to a supermarket for four years if all I needed to stimulate by brain was some bizarre banana enterprise. But at Harvard, we don’t just play with our food. We do it critically, applying whatever excess brain power our tutorials leave us to determine the best way to smear rancid fruit onto...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: Learning to Think at Harvard | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...ever wished that “that guy” in class would shut up, or for anyone who has realized that she has turned into “that guy,” it might seem a good idea to stop issuing strong opinions. Perhaps our brain power could be put to better use if we focused it on the job at hand, rather than expending it while playing Halo. Yet this is not reason enough to conform to the nine-to-five theory of critical thinking...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: Learning to Think at Harvard | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...under the UC’s control. Someone should find out. 2. Think like an undergrad. Many problems could be solved much faster by asking undergrads how to solve them. Among the things an undergrad might tell you: stop ordering the bagel varieties that no one ever eats during Brain Break; don’t shut down shuttle service during move-out weekend; run one or two shuttles to the athletic facilities on Saturday afternoons and evenings if you want people to go to the games; fund other activities more aggressively if you want people to drink less; don?...

Author: By Gregory B. Michnikov, | Title: Ten Things I Hate About You, Harvard | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...physicians think elevated pressure puts a strain on blood vessels, causing them to tear or develop weak areas where plaque can gain an easy foothold. Hypertension (to use the technical term) can also force small blood vessels to burst like an overstressed garden hose; if that happens in the brain, it's called a stroke--the other major cardiovascular killer besides heart attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eat Your Heart Out | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

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