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...authors of the current study say theirs is the first to examine long-term survival rates of standard prostate cancer treatments, but warn that the results are not definitive. Because the study was observational - rather than a randomized head-to-head comparison of the treatments - the data could have been biased by other factors, such as personal treatment preferences of patients and doctors and other confounding health problems. "It's a retrospective study. In that era, the patients who were the best candidates for treatment got surgery," says Dr. Patrick Walsh, author of Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving...
...scheduling opponents for Harvard’s existing JV teams (currently, most JV teams are lucky to have four or five games on their schedule). In fact, viable JV programs exist at all of the New England Small College Athletic Conference schools, whose size and financial resources pale in comparison to Harvard’s. Though with the last year’s opening of the Harvard Varsity Club’s resources to club sports it has become easier for them to fundraise among alumni, JV programs remain the only place where non-Varsity athletes can continue to compete...
...arrive earlier to get their position of choice, or instead go elsewhere.According to these performers, there was a time when the area surrounding Harvard was the place to be for the young and hip, and, therefore, for street musicians. For these people, the present-day Harvard Square pales in comparison to its past self.Manny Mederos, a Portuguese guitarist who enjoys covering the likes of Simon and Garfunkel and Neil Young, recalls the overcrowding of Harvard Square in years gone by.“I used to play here a lot, before, when it used to be really busy...
...decorated with several cardboard cow cutouts, a live cow in a trailer, and a Ben & Jerry’s banner on the castle itself. One of the founders, Ben Cohen, told the assembled crowd, “In our long careers as ice cream men, everything pales in comparison to being honorary members of the Lampoon.” “I think the Lampoon guys figured, ‘How can we get free ice cream?’” said his partner Jerry Greenfield, speculating on the reason for their invitation. The Lampoon regularly inducts...
...don’t downgrade him because he does everything right and may not play as well on Saturday.” The tirade and its aftermath raised a delicate issue of journalistic ethics: How much sensitivity is owed to a 22-year-old amateur athlete, especially in comparison to a struggling pro passer like Rex Grossman? Is it wrong to write, “Obscure collegiate athlete X should play instead of obscure collegiate athlete Y, because X is better or Y isn’t good enough”? Around the Ivies doesn’t have...