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...headed the American group, termed the Tangshan event "the greatest earthquake disaster in the history of mankind." Despite their tremendous losses, the Chinese have faced the task of reconstruction with stoic determination. Today much of the city's industry is reportedly back in operation, and officials expect to finish rebuilding Tangshan...
...hippocampus. A cashew-shaped node of tissue, the hippocampus sits deep in the temporal lobe of the brain, near the amygdala, which is the seat of emotions. If the brain has a gatekeeper of sensory information, the hippocampus is it. The aroma and sizzle of bacon frying, the smooth finish of polished granite, a phone number you need to call--all must pass through the hippocampus. Only if information gets in can it be moved along to the prefrontal cortex, where it will be held briefly in what is called working--or short-term--memory. When you look...
...supports the government closing down his show because he thinks he could be using his time better. Couldn't he just turn off the television? Qadir shrugs. "If there is TV, we will watch it. We do have self control, but..." He can't finish the thought. Nasrullah Mohammadi, a 23-year-old police officer, is more succinct. "It's like an addiction," he says. "It's the government's duty to stop this...
It’s been a tough season so far for the Harvard lightweight crew team. After a third-place finish behind Navy and Georgetown last weekend, the Crimson again found itself finishing last on Saturday morning, this time on the Charles River behind rivals Yale and Princeton...
...fleet, so we weren’t exactly sure where we’d fit in.”But everything came together at the right time for the Crimson’s co-ed squad, as the team rebounded from a slow start in Providence on Saturday to finish in a three-way tie for first at the close of the first day of competition.And it all turned around when Harvard upset the favored Yale team, giving the squad the confidence it needed to succeed in the remainder of the weekend’s races...