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...Crimson was not able to take any comfort in its lead, however, because the Lions responded just 29 seconds later with a quick strike that caught the Harvard defense in transition with just two players in the backfield...
While the airlines may take comfort in that report, doctors generally agree that some people are at greater risk for DVT than others when they sit for long periods of time--in the air or on the ground. The folks who have the most reason to be concerned are those with a history of stroke or heart conditions; people older than 65; cancer patients; and anyone with elevated estrogen levels, such as pregnant women or patients taking estrogen supplements. There are also several circulatory disorders that can make the blood more susceptible to clotting. None of these necessarily means...
...only comfort to be taken from this race is the knowledge that what happens in presidential campaigns almost never has the slightest bearing on the history that occurs thereafter. Franklin Roosevelt, for example, campaigned in 1940 on the promise that America would not get involved in the European war. Nixon told campaign audiences in 1968 that he had a secret plan for getting out of Vietnam. George Bush Senior went across the American landscape shouting "READ MY LIPS, NO NEW TAXES." Henry Ford said, "All history is more or less bunk." All campaign promises are more or less bunk. Every...
Morrell, though a year removed from competition, knows his teammates well and has developed a comfort level with them both on and off the ice. He thinks this year's team has really come together, and is looking forward to playing under Mazzoleni for the first time...
...People who have no one else to speak for them feel that the press is their only outlet," Koppel told The Crimson in an interview. "To use the old cliche: journalists [are to] discomfort the powerful and comfort the powerless...