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...high school dropout, Eric spent a great deal of time in the Nantahala National Forest and, according to a CNN report, learned to hunt and fish, studied herbal medicine and fashioned himself as an army survivalist. For cash, he allegedly became a backwoods pot farmer and enjoyed the fruits of his work, getting stoned and watching Cheech & Chong movies. He joined the Army in 1987 and was discharged 18 months later; investigators think he may have learned about firearms and explosives while stationed in Fort Benning, Ga. Two months before the Olympics bombing in Atlanta, he sold his childhood home...
...women who take it for long periods of time also double their risk of developing Alzheimer's and other cognitive problems. The news, published in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, comes as a surprise, says principal investigator Sally Shumaker, a public-health expert at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Earlier studies had suggested that female hormones might be good for the brain...
...Crimson defeats, five came against eventual conference champions, including eventual national champion Wake Forest...
Against the Demon Deacons, Harvard went up 1-0 but could not hold on in a 3-2 defeat. No one else came much closer to victory against Wake Forest, which outscored its opposition 53-3 after beating the Crimson...
Allen started developing his worldview early in life. Born in Madison, N.J., Allen was 12 when his family moved to “exotic” western Virginia, where he attended the all-male Woodberry Forest boarding school. While his parents encouraged him to study hard (he started reading at age three) it was in high school that he became exposed to the sort of philosophical exploration that would later become his passion...