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...Cialis, as well as some surging testosterone from a World Series victory embellished by the Patriots Übermensch destruction of the Washington Redskins, many aging and rusty Bostonians would be getting lucky for possibly the first time since the Sox last won the Series (a paltry wait, in comparison to the 86-year drought that had preceded it). Drunken college students, and other young revelers, would gush into Copley and Kenmore squares, lubricated into a Dionysian frenzy by a victory in which they played no part, but for which they felt invincibly enjoined to turn over cars...
...maybe that isn’t a fair comparison. My aversion to beer isn’t based on any sort of religious or cultural restriction. In fact, it’s actually based on not wanting to drink a cup full of barley. But does that not strike anyone else as gross? Am I alone here...
During a follow-up period, 1,018 new cases of heart failure occurred among the study’s participants. Among those with no cereal consumption, heart failure occurred in 26.7 cases per 10,000, in comparison to 23.3 cases among those who ate seven or more servings per day. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...October and November of 2003, the total number of students treated for alcohol poisoning had nearly doubled in comparison to the same period in 2002. While Rosenthal stressed that the sharp increase might indicate a greater willingness on the part of students to seek professional treatment for alcohol-related concerns, they nonetheless prompted then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 to form the student-faculty Committee to Address Alcohol and Health at Harvard. Chaired by Harvard Business School professor Joseph L. Badaracco, the former master of Currier House, the committee delivered its recommendations to Gross...
...Official statistics show that 52 people are murdered every day in South Africa - an annual murder rate of 43.1 per 100,000 people. The U.S., by comparison, has an annual murder rate of 5.7 per 100,000 people. Added to that each year are 200,000 robberies, 55,000 rapes, and half a million cases of assault, serious assault and attempted murder...