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...traditional medical doctors to be willing to talk with patients about the herbal or botanical substances they are taking. He cited, for example, evidence that the popular herbal supplement St. John's Wort seriously impaired the ability of Indinavir, an anti-viral drug used to treat AIDS, to function in the blood stream...
...critical tools of a discipline, students will be well-equipped to further examine any of its topics. The notion of an "approach to knowledge" must be distinguished from knowledge as such. The question is not merely "What is the theme of The Brothers Karamazov?" but "How does literature function?" and "How are literary genres constituted and transformed?" Beyond a comprehension of the historical events that comprised the French Revolution, students in Historical Studies B-35: "The French Revolution: Causes, Processes, and Consequences" leave with an understanding of the interactions that shape events and how historians conceptualize them...
Even more impressive, Harvard competed without the talents of its senior class. The class of '01 stayed behind in order to gain an extra week of rest without racing as well as to offer the underclassmen a glimpse of how the team will function next year...
...This is not seem to be an exciting message. It is not short and eye catching, and therefore attractive to the media. Yet this alternative view of voting recognizes the larger context of our campaigns and elections. Politicians function, not with the zero-sum calculus that determines their victory or loss, but rather on the balance of their own popularity. Politicians interpret their margin of victory as the length of the leash granted to their governance. (A fact that should make the next four years very amusing, if nothing else.) By voting, young people get an inch--no matter...
...Wechsler says binge drinking is not the same thing as getting drunk. While the latter relies on a series of factors--including a person's weight, natural tolerance and the amount of time it takes them to consume alcohol--binge drinking, by Wechsler's definition, is a function only of the number of drinks a person consumes...