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...administration planning to construct a student center? For years, undergraduates have bemoaned the lack of a student center to bring students together and to house the offices of student groups. This type of space would help provide the feeling of community that Harvard so desperately needs...
...Aboriginal people traditionally used a low, semi-circular windbreak of shrubs or tree boughs "with an open fire and your dog or dogs if it was cool or cold at night. A three-dog night is really cold." One piece of advice the Kuchas haven't heeded: Don't construct your shelter under eucalyptus trees, because they can drop big branches without warning. Then again, that's one way of removing someone from the tribe...
...well prepared defensively for Princeton's last possession. Coach Frank Sullivan has practiced what he calls, "the seven-second drill" with his team this year. The drill sets up a scenario directly analogous to what Harvard was faced with against Princeton. The idea behind the drill is to construct an aggressive defense without fouling when leading by one or two points with seven seconds remaining in the game...
...forecasts of voters' views, designers cut their cloth on the basis of what a buyer will want to see in the mirror three seasons hence. Currency traders act on a prediction of what will happen to the value of the yen in the next minute, while actuaries construct tables of risk on the basis of an expected rise in sea temperatures over the next 100 years. We cannot resist our urge to speculate on what will happen next, and when, and how much...
...showing other martial tricks. Generous donors are invited to visit the not-so-secret camps to see how their money is spent.) Phase two is designed to push each volunteer to his physical limit and cull the weak from the strong. In the final weeks, recruits use live ammunition, construct actual explosives and perfect ambush techniques. The final exam lasts three days. A group of trainees, sometimes as large as 100 individuals, hikes and climbs through high-altitude, wooded terrain for three days without food or sleep. They are not allowed to slow their pace except for a few naps...