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...book's latest version, the DSM-5. Currently, the DSM is disjointed and disorganized - at times well researched and at times anachronistic. The present version, the DSM-IV-TR (the TR stands for "text revision"), was published in 2000. It begins with "mild mental retardation" moves on to common illnesses like depression and odd ones like dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse not due to a medical condition) and ends with the vague "personality disorder not otherwise specified." The rhyme and reason behind the DSM have always been murky; the book, like our brains, is a huge, complicated beast. (See TIME...
...room, Leverett F-Tower number 97, I knew that there was something different in the air. Harvard is a beautiful place in the summer time—right on the banks of the Charles River. One of the greatest things about Harvard, which isn’t common at all in my country, is that I found people there from all over the world. I had two neighbors from China, two from America and even one Puerto Rican! This diversity, which I think is essential to any top educational environment, is nowhere near as present in my country. We welcome...
...aspirants in Mumbai preparing to take the Common Entrance Test for Engineering. However, reading the acceptance email from Harvard that March morning changed everything. I was no longer a statistic. Harvard, the exclusive, prestigious Harvard, wanted...
...just ride it straight down to the foam. At Mavericks, you have a long ride - over a minute - and you find yourself dancing with the massive power of nature," says Clark, now 52. For years, Clark tried to spread the word that Mavericks existed, but the pros scoffed. The common assumption was that really big waves broke only in Hawaii. But Mavericks gained its fearsome notoriety in 1994 when one of surfing's greats, Hawaiian Mark Foo, wiped out in an 18-footer and drowned, presumably snagged in the rock-filled cauldron. One of this year's contestants, Darryl...
Collage of pictures of the two of you: A bit intense. Hopefully your roommates won’t mind if your boyfriend/girlfriend insists on it being prominently displayed in the common room; be especially wary if you’ve only been dating a month...