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...Heartbreak Hill, and I was feeling dehydrated.” Chiang managed to pull through and cross the Copley Square finish line in four hours and 26 seconds. And he wasn’t alone. Among the thousands of participants in the Boston Marathon on April 21 were two dozen Harvard students, each of whom had their own motivation to enter, run, and finish the 26.2 miles that comprise the world’s oldest annual marathon. I RUN FOR...Twenty three Harvard students and two Harvard affiliates ran the Boston Marathon through the Harvard College Marathon Challenge (HCMC), which...
Robb, 45, is one of more than a dozen fugitives from Britain and elsewhere who aren't thrilled at the prospect of a thaw between the island's two governments. Their colorful presence has given northern Cyprus a somewhat louche reputation. Over the years, the likes of convicted drug baron Brian "the Milkman" Wright (he always delivers) and Pete "Maggot" Roberts (convicted of selling tainted meat) have holed up there. Last month the chief suspect in Britain's biggest heist, the 2006 theft of $100 million from a security depot, was rumored to be on the island, or to have...
...terms of clinical complications of cardiovascular disease the cohort really hasn't aged enough for us to study that. I think the oldest subjects in the study now, who were examined as children, are about 45. Still, there have been probably at least a dozen studies that have been able to do this around the world. Many studies have been conducted in England, but in all honesty the results have been somewhat conflicting. Some studies found a slightly increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Some studies - but not all of them - have found an increased risk of mortality. I think, though...
...yesterday’s “Make Your Own Crossword” in Sever Hall. Kyle A. Mahowald ’09, who has constructed crosswords for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications, explained the basics of the crossword craft to about half a dozen crossword enthusiasts. Mahowald said this year’s Crossword Society public event was much more “low-key” than last year’s tournament, which brought famed New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz and 120 cross-wordsmiths. The key to starting a crossword...
...Just before the dinner began, there was a commotion outside the men's room adjacent the main ballroom. For about twenty minutes, at least a dozen important-looking men in tuxedos rocked back and forth trying to control their bladders, while an agent from the secret service barricaded the bathroom door. Even CNN's Wolf Blitzer was turned away. After a time, the door blockade was lifted, but no VIP emerged from the urinals. The men decided, as they finally relieved themselves, that either the tiled bathroom held a secret trap door, or the rumor was true that President Bush...