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...Sovereign voices have been silent for over a week. The toothy grins, the crisper-than-a-Docker’s-commercial khakis—gone, boarded up. Naima Bensassi, a personal banking representative at Sovereign Bank, adamantly insists, “We’re just trying to fix it, that’s all.” But rumor has it that an unidentified Harvard student, beat, for lack of a better phrase, the (non-)living shit out of the thing. Who knew that unsolicited home equity advice could trigger such amusing aggression? Their emphatic hellos had infuriated some...
...Debate over a physical cause of depression tends to become bogged in uncertainty over cause and effect. Does a spontaneous chemical abnormality trigger the bad feelings we call depression, or might years of unresolved anxiety and festering discontent cause chemical disturbances - disturbances that might fix themselves once sufferers put their lives in order? By slowly unraveling the extraordinary complexity of neurotransmitter interaction, scientists are learning more about how the brain works. But they still wouldn't claim to know the half of it. Pinning depression on a chemical imbalance is problematic when what constitutes normal brain chemistry...
...Harvard students, we have a responsibility to fix the ills of our world. But to fix them, we’ve got to know them. Maybe if we personally understand how the other half lives, we’ll be more likely to dedicate our lives to their service...
Just Smashing Inventor: Fischer Availability: Now, $170 at tennis-warehouse.com. The 105-sq.-in. model is recommended for beginners; the 98-sq.-in. one is for more advanced players. To Learn More: www.fischer-tennis.com Fischer's Magnetic Speed tennis racquet won't fix your forehand, but hit the sweet spot, and you'll feel the difference. During normal play, a racquet's frame deforms slightly on impact before springing back. With the M-Speed, two unipolar magnets positioned in opposite sides of the head help speed the recovery so the ball is catapulted back over the net with extra oomph. Anna-Lena...
...proportion to the damage inflicted. The game ends when all the nails are hammered into the Stump. Some fun rules include: “Home Improvement,” which happens when a player’s nail becomes bent during the game and he can choose to fix it; “Spazz,” the name of a player who drops the hammer instead of hitting a nail; and “Social” which happens when sparks fly between the hammer and the nail and everyone drinks. As far as Collins can remember, from summmers...