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...wheezing in their lives, though less than 1.5% had had full-blown asthma. Roughly 3% to 5% had had hay fever, and about 1% had suffered bouts of eczema. Researchers also performed skin-prick tests on the children; again, there was no significant difference between incidence of allergy - to dust mites, cats, pollen, grass and Alternaria, a common fungus - between the groups. In the breast-fed group, about 9% were allergic to pollen and Alternaria, 12% to cats and grass and 15% to dust mites. Absolute rates of all allergies were slightly lower in the control group, but the variations...
...seriousness, removing the seldom-used red phones and pillows from most student rooms was probably a wise decision, financially and hygienically, on the College’s part. Due to the ubiquity of cell phones nowadays, the vast majority of red phones did little more than gather dust in the darkest corners of student rooms, and Harvard’s re-used pillows often suffered the same fate. We strenuously object, however, to the mode in which the Offices of Residential Life and Physical Resources promulgated their decision...
...hear a lot about Harvard’s sustainability principles and “green” building practices, but we don’t see much green in the soot and dust released into the air we breathe during Harvard’s building boom. When Harvard’s construction makes it more difficult to walk or bicycle in our neighborhood and road closures clog our streets, our environment suffers in yet another...
...years past, former New York Knick and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley talked about being a "small-town boy" from Missouri; Gary Hart launched his 1984 bid by describing himself "as the son of Dust Bowl farm parents who never finished high school"; and in the opening paragraph of his announcement in 1974, Jimmy Carter said "I am a farmer, an engineer, a businessman, a planner, a scientist, a governor and a Christian." In this approach, biography is destiny...
...have a new respect for Mother Teresa because I now know she did not receive divine pixie dust scattered on her head and daily inspirations from God. The realization that she faced the same doubts that any person of reason faces makes her life that much more extraordinary. Not only is she one of our saints, but like her namesake, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, she may also be one of our greatest saints ever. Michael A.S. Guth, Oak Ridge, Tennessee...