Word: flashingly
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...idea—on virtual roads as smooth as Reggie’s voice. While it seems as though this world just couldn’t get any wackier, more challenges confront the Black Kids. They battle skull-headed demons with force fields. Their two-pronged swords of light flash against the darkness. They even manage to find a glowing volume of spells flat in the middle of the desert. Theirs is a universe where the unreal is realized. The band’s name is even seen in lights not once, not twice, but four times. In short, they...
...currently seniors at the College—discussed the program with Harvard College students in a packed Fong Auditorium on Tuesday. Despite the turnout of Harvard students, Leopold emphasized that the program was seeking students from diverse backgrounds—and other universities. “News flash: this program was not designed for Harvard College,” she said, drawing laughter from the audience. Leopold said in an interview that the program was conceived as a way to attract students who might not otherwise think of business school as an option. Some of the benefits...
...often that a mere flash of insight - as opposed to a formal, controlled study - commands much space in a medical journal, and Purpura and Mehler readily concede that a good deal of empiricism will have to be applied to their theory before it can become anything more than that. Still, they're convinced that the idea deserves attention. If the locus coeruleus is indeed malfunctioning in autism, the problem could involve hundreds or even thousands of genes. The researchers are careful to avoid the shooting war over what damaged those genes, suggesting that environment and toxic chemicals - but not vaccines...
...accolades deserve mention next. The first week of her young career, she was named Ivy League pitcher of the week. Flash forward to present day, where she stands as reigning Ivy League rookie of the week. And she’s picked up two straight tournament MVPs along the way, the most recent one coming at the Highlander Classic over spring break...
...California, San Diego, are now studying happiness contagion in perhaps the largest social network of all, Facebook. They noticed that people who smiled in their Facebook profile pictures tended to have other friends who smiled. This might simply be peer pressure at work, with members feeling obliged to flash a smile to fit in with the rest of the group, but Christakis and Fowler are investigating whether there isn't a more infectious phenomenon at work...