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...garden with my Harvard ID. What is a Harvard ID worth? It's not like it would cost the University a tremendous amount to allow Harvard College or even Harvard University ID holders into Dumbarton Oaks for free. Harvard students in D.C. are unlikely to put a serious dent in Dumbarton Oaks' coffers. I don't need to spend money to get onto property that my university owns. So I waited outside the gates until they were done. When they came out, they said it was one of the most amazing gardens they'd ever seen...
...laments. But the worst part, the worst part of it all, is that I felt I couldn't make a difference. Even if I were perfect (I'm far from it), and spent all my time and energy and resources on bettering the world, could I really make a dent in any of these problems...
Think about it: the world's problems are a drowning pool of need. Even Bill Gates' $65 billion--most of which he has vowed to give away before he dies--won't make a dent if it's managed poorly...
...Garbage is not the biggest problem the river faces," Pregracke says, "but it's the one I can make a dent in myself." If this goal sounds overly ambitious for a shoestring operation with an annual budget of $200,000, you haven't seen Pregracke at work. He's tireless. Today he's driving a forklift around his barges, sorting old car seats and lawn ornaments and tractor chassis into separate piles for recycling. All sandy hair and freckles, dressed in a life jacket, cap and khaki shorts and sporting a pair of wraparound dark shades, Pregracke could...
HEAD CASES? Researchers are debating whether heading balls can dent the cognitive skills of young soccer players for life. Studies of adult soccer players have found that deficits in concentration, attention and memory were more common than in non-soccer players. Research with kids is ongoing, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that coaches and parents train children to try to hit the ball slightly above the forehead, where skulls are thickest. Emphasis on the word...