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...construction of new graduate housing on Cowperthwaite Street adjacent to the Leverett Towers, Dunster House, and Mather Low-rise. This project involves the erection of a six-story building 30 feet east of Leveretts G Tower, virtually eliminating the green space between Cowperthwaite and Grant Streets (known informally as Dog Walk Alley...
...sleep. Loud noise at 8 a.m. will jeopardize the mental health of countless students. Moreover, dust from the construction site will give the neighborhood a cloud of hazardous air. And with the long-term closure of the path beside the Leverett Towers, students from Dunster and Mather, along with dog-walkers and local schoolchildren, will be forced to walk farther along the streets, including Memorial Drive, posing safety worries...
...Tartufo tells the fascinating tale of the native, intensely pungent magnatum pico, or white truffle, which, together with other prestigious truffles such as the black P?rigord, were historically reviled as a tool of witchcraft and sought after by the Romans as an aphrodisiac. Flat screens show mini-documentaries about dog-training methods that prime canines to sniff out the prestigious white truffle; some trainers introduce the fungus to puppies by rubbing it on the mother's teat. Various interactive exhibits encourage visitors to submerge themselves in the truffle habitat using all five senses. You can listen to forest sounds such...
...magic. A love-befuddled boy talks to a character from his favorite TV show on the phone. A late-night convenience store is visited by zombies who refuse to buy anything. An entire village pulls up stakes and moves itself inside a handbag made of the skin of a dog. Link casts her spells like an expert; these tales are far darker, crueler and sadder than their premises suggest...
...published in Neuropsychologia, British researchers asked 96 Alzheimer's sufferers and 40 healthy adults to name as many animals or fruits as they could in one minute. Those with dementia came up with not only fewer words but simpler ones that they learned earlier in childhood, like cat or dog. Healthy adults mentioned slightly less typical terms like hippopotamus, gorilla and giraffe...