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...first component of the breakfast you’ll eat in four hours. While few Harvard students identify as “crunchy granola,” the dining hall’s mix of grains and raisins can help to sustain you throughout the final thesis crunch. Mixed into yogurt, it will provide some carbohydrates without giving you the kind of sugar rush that will lead you to finally write 20 pages in one hour—only to discover that none of the pages are composed of words.While sucrose highs might make your thesis loopy, snacks...
...Blankenau seeing some minutes in crunch time here, let's see if he can get a shot off. Lin misses the front half of a one-and-one free throw attempt that could have brought the Crimson closer...
...country." Now, with a Cabinet even more attuned to her views than the one she began with four years ago, Thatcher may have lost a helpful restraining arm. As a former Cabinet member put it: "During her first term, she allowed her head to rule her heart in the crunch. Whether in a new Cabinet of her own choosing she will allow her intellect to draw her back from the abyss is the $64 question." Thatcher, predictably, has no doubts. "I am not an extreme person, and I won't be extreme now," she said last week...
...Orleans Hornets would seem like a dream. They're one of the youngest teams in the NBA, yet, at 36-15, have the best record in the fiercely competitive Western Conference. They can light up the scoreboard - the Bees average over 100 points per game - and in crunch time, bear down to play blue-collar defense. They feature an explosive, 6-ft. point guard, Chris Paul, who throws teardrop passes through traffic, buries outside shots with ease, and can score amongst the tall guys down low. He's a legitimate MVP candidate, and a nice guy to boot...
That's no easy thing. How do you tune out all the chatter and ink on recession, housing, subprime woes, the credit crunch, rogue traders, insolvent bond insurers, $100 oil and nukes in Iran? It's enough to make you sit on your thumbs and wait before making any big moves. But what, exactly, are you waiting...