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...competing who will work together as a team to reach their highest level,” said Harvard Coach Steph Wreide Morawski ’92. “We have not won the conference meet since 1992 or been second since 1995. If the Harvard women swim and dive to their potential, then anything is possible...
...noon on Saturday our local gourmand comes around to guide us to lunch. Xiao Gugu ushers us into an inconspicuous little dive, explaining that when Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian wants to treat foreign dignitaries to authentic local dishes, he brings them to this charming place?the Lian Hsin Yuan Vegetarian Restaurant on Hsinsheng North Road; call (886-2) 2560-1950 for reservations. Xiao Gugu orders a flurry of dishes. First out is xueyu (snow jade) doufu, a two-tone brick of bean curd, green on top, white on the bottom. The top "jade" layer gets its color from...
...also try the Beacon Hill Pub (149 Charles St.), which despite being named after a classy neighborhood, is the epitome of a dive. Wash away the pain of rejection by downing several pints of beer with minimal damage to the wallet—drinks come nice and cheap. Despite the dirty toilets and the sticky bar, Beacon Hill Pub represents dodgy fun at its best. The young crowd is unpretentious and laid-back, ready for a night of nonstop drinking and drunken conversations. Just don’t get too inebriated and find yourself in a brawl...
...immediately get turned into sugars, which make a beeline for the blood. "You ate a potato," says Stampfer, "but your body is getting pure glucose." The flood of blood sugar sets off a chain reaction. Insulin pours out of the pancreas. Triglycerides shoot up. HDL (good) cholesterol takes a dive. "It's a perfect setup for heart disease and diabetes," says Stampfer...
...conflict of interest for Fastow--whose day job involved vouching for Enron's financial health--Andersen knew that Enron's debts to LJM were rising to a level that required public disclosure no matter who was in charge. Such a disclosure would have sent Enron's stock into a dive. But no disclosure was made in the company's next quarterly report. Why not? One memo of the Feb. 5 conference call noted that Enron "often is creating industries and markets and transactions for which there are no specific rules...