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...have in common with a lab rat that has spent five days in a refrigerated cage? More than you might think. Rats, like people, are prone to stress. No, they don't have to contend with deadlines or traffic jams, but when temperatures fall, their bodies exhibit classic signs of chronic stress. Indeed, several experiments performed by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, show that if the animals have access to sugary water and lard, they will forgo their normal, nutritious rat chow and load up on sweets and fats...
...classic Horatio Alger story. Unfortunately, he was like Horatio Alger on steroids." JOHN C. COFFEE, Columbia University securities-law professor, describing the blue-collar background and $139.5 million pay package and other benefits of ex--New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso, who resigned amid anger over his compensation...
...policy has helped to produce does not provide the foundation of a lasting revival. As economist Richard Katz writes in a recent issue of his newsletter, the Oriental Economist, "If Japan's economy were basically healthy, then most of the recent economic indicators would justifiably be taken as the classic signs of an economy in recovery." But Japan's economy is not basically healthy, he argues, at least not yet. Although there have been some gains in areas such as financial reform (for example, bad loans at the nation's large banks declined in 2002 for the first time...
...keen fashion observations tell me that brightly-colored messenger bags have replaced the classic L.L. Bean-initialed backpacks we all toted in sixth grade. And to the dismay of our scoliosis-wary vertebrae, girls today sling two-tone Harvé Chapelier bags stuffed with books and papers over one shoulder, instead of evenly distributing the load with two straps...
...play full of classic Shakespeare elements, passionate love triangles, jealous women and tragic endings spell out a night on the town. The story of Cleopatra, one of history’s most alluring and powerful women, and Marc Anthony, who is forced to step into the shoes of Caesar, are played by local stars Anne Gottlieb and Robert Pemberton. Runs through October 12. Thursdays at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. $20 students. The Tremont Theatre, 276 Tremont...