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...course, another factor associated with longer holding times is the consumption of pure oxygen beforehand. The world record for holding your breath after inhaling pure oxygen is now Blaine's - 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The record without the pure oxygen, which Blaine failed to break during an attempt last year in Manhattan's Lincoln Center, is 8 minutes and 58 seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How David Blaine Held His Breath | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...We’ve seen the best guys in the country,” Fish adds, referring to Harvard’s nine matches against ranked opponents, including Michigan and Virginia, before starting its league season. “The intimidation factor isn’t there...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Set For Tough Tourney | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...several local business owners. Cardullo’s General Manager Cheryl Welcome was not able to provide numerical figures but did acknowledge that “our store’s business has gone down considerably.” She cited the rerouting of traffic as the main factor. “The customers we normally would have pass around our store because of the construction,” she said. Vehicular traffic is also on the decline, due to frequent detours and a message released last week by the Cambridge Department of Public Works advising motorists to avoid Harvard...

Author: By Samantha F. Drago, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Construction Cramps Shops | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...rigid moral code of Malvolio in “Twelfth Night” and prohibition in the 20s. Amongst the revelry and puritanical elements found in the 20s, there was also a sense of mourning as the country healed from the recent losses suffered during World War I. This factor is also weaved into the production: Olivia believes her brother to have been killed at war instead of lost at sea, as she does in the original storyline. Furthermore, the change of setting allows music to be integrated into the production as was originally called for. Since the original music...

Author: By Melanie E. Long, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Twelfth Night’ Moved to the 20s | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard begins construction on a four-building science complex—the first piece of the largest expansion in Harvard’s 372-year-old history—residents say that the most important factor that determines the quality of relations with expanding institutions is not what or where they plan to build. Rather, it is whether residents feel that schools are willing to include neighbors in every step along...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Two Approaches to Campus Expansion | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

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