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...think the first set was one of those we needed to win to give us extra confidence in the match,” Kuld said. “We were close, but we just needed to close...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Second Victory Eludes Crimson | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...Lindau and researcher Natalia Gavrilova of the University of Chicago - call this measure your "sexually active life expectancy," or SALE. A 30-year-old woman has a SALE of just 31 more years. (The study also finds that men and women who stay healthy and in good shape gain extra years of sexually active life in older age, compared with their peers in poorer health.) But women live about five years longer than men, so when you do the math, all this means that women go approximately twice as long without sex as men before they die. (See TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even in Old Age, Men Want Sex More Than Women Do | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

It’s no secret that the typical Harvard student is a perfectionist; they study the extra hour, take the extra practice exam, and read the next chapter. Perfectionism extends to Friday nights, as it turns out: This freshman class is more likely to take the next shot of alcohol than ever before, and more Harvard students are identifying themselves as heavy drinkers. According to data released by the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, there was a 43 percent increase in students requesting alcohol-related treatment from University Health Services over the last two years. Additionally...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Overdoing It | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...addition to gallons of coffee, thesis-writing seniors said the most helpful opportunities that Harvard had provided them as they worked to complete this year-long endeavor were the chance to do on-the-ground research and the extra time to focus on their projects during the new January Term...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: End Draws Near for Senior Theses | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...really didn’t want to lose,” Kennifer said. “We didn’t feel that we had played very well the week before, and we would have liked to beat them [then], so I think we just had an extra gear that we reached for to pull it into overtime and [played] those extra six minutes as hard as we could...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Edges Out Bucknell, Snaps Skid | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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