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Committee member Nancy Walser, however, reminded those present that Standing Stone’s services should be considered merely preventative and not a response to any catastrophe, which would require more dire measures. She noted that surveys have shown that CPS students overwhelmingly feel safe in their academic environments—especially at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, which is located just blocks from Harvard...
...latest science makes it clear that we will be living with global warming for the rest of our lives. That's not a happy thought, but it's not necessarily dire either. The key is to follow the new rules of life under global warming. Think ahead, adapt as necessary and make sure to cut greenhouse emissions in time. Adaptation won't be cheap. It won't be optional either...
...careless American doctor at a local military base ordered hundreds of gallons of formaldehyde dumped into the Han River. The creature swallowed the toxin; now the thing is 30 ft. long, has 10 legs, looks like an angry Muppet and is itching for mischief. U.S. scientists have yet more dire news: the beast is the host for a deadly virus that could wipe out everyone in Seoul or-- dare we say it--the world...
...same time, the membership of Students for Choice had suffered exponential decay, plunging from 80 members to six over a period of just a few years, and the Harvard College Democrats and Radcliffe Union of Students, all bastions of the common conception of feminist activity, were in similarly dire straits. In Harvard’s feminist heyday, Democrat Bill Clinton was president, and the political climate of the country was heading to the left. “I think part of that might have been because of a complacency that was bred by success,” says Radcliffe Union...
...some are generated directly by it. Sleep deprivation and irregular sleep—as medical phenomena—connect to almost every sphere of student life. Lack of sleep can lead to depression, lack of intellectual concentration, weakened immune systems, and heightened anxiety, all of which can create dire consequences for intellectual and social life...