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...told me by my maternal grandfather about his childhood in northern Maine, which was impoverished. His father abandoned his family when my grandfather was 12 because he had epilepsy and his wife was going to have him admitted to an asylum. That was a formative family legend, but I could never get my grandfather to elaborate on it—I don’t know if it was painful or just generational to only talk about. Just being interested in my family made [these legends] irresistible to me. Just describing the facts as I knew them took up about...
Lowering sodium intake decreases the risk of health problems such as high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack, Willett said, and trimming down the amount of sodium Americans consume could prevent 90,000 to 100,000 early deaths per year...
...general, CS 50 students already express enthusiasm about the material. However, this grading policy change could discourage individuals from devoting energy to it—to their detriment. No matter how good their intentions, students pressed for time unavoidably prioritize work for classes in which they will be receiving a grade. Although we have no doubt that many of the students Malan hopes to attract with the policy would be intellectually motivated to learn the material, we question whether they would do so at the cost of success in their other classes. Those enrolled would undoubtedly conduct such an analysis...
...relatively small group of eight members, their dancing filled the room in “Tapped Out,” their money-themed spring show. The performers were percussionists as well as dancers—with the strike of a tap-shoe against the pale wood floor, they could conjure a light drizzle or a hailstorm. Some seats remained empty, but the audience was boisterous, shouting, “I see you, TAPS!” and, “You go!” During the intermission, two toddlers in the front row were so inspired that they...
Baichorova said she could not say how many Harvard undergraduates had been accepted this year or how many would eventually join the corps because students still have two weeks to commit to offers...