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...over classes in equivalent departments that could have given him elective—or even concentration—credit. Like many other student artists who turn to off-campus opportunities, Thompson has no regrets: “At the back of my mind, I thought this is probably closer to something I’d want to be doing after school than anything I’m doing in school right now.”—Staff writer Ryan J. Meehan can be reached at rmeehan@fas.harvard.edu...
...when she slams the ball. Seething, Sharapova buckled down and demolished Peer, winning 6-1, 6-1. Peer was later scolded by Israeli sports officials for inciting the crowd against Sharapova. As she heads to Qatar, Peer may have a running start at bringing Israelis and Arabs a tad closer. But on court she still has a few lessons to learn in diplomacy...
...study, which included 140 middle-aged volunteers with normal blood pressure, was designed to take a closer look at the link between noise and hypertension risk - a relationship that researchers still don't fully understand. "It seems plausible that if you have a lot of these transient [blood pressure] changes during the night - if you live around the airport for many years, for example - that in the end you might get some long-term effects on your blood pressure," says Jarup, "but we don't really know." Why the body responds to nighttime noise is also somewhat mysterious. While...
...paper by researchers in Madagascar, Senegal and France. But it showed up on the coast in 1991, when the Asian shrew somehow picked up infected fleas. The plague's earlier comeback in the inland capital, Antananarivo, arose as city sprawl and shoddy housing put residents in closer contact with black rats. In 1998, inland villages reported cases, too, perhaps caused by rats displaced through deforestation...
...these races, but you need to get some really solid point production,” Nordic coach Peter Graves said. “It would be great if we were in the 20s or if we got everyone in the 30s, and we’re getting closer and closer to doing that.” Sophomore Audrey Mangan landed at the 28th position in the 15K classic and 32nd in the 5K freestyle, scoring 30 points. Freshman Alyssa Devlin scored 30 as well, racking up most of her points from her 28th place finish in the 5K freestyle...