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...Devils and stayed within reach of a result. “We learned a lot from Duke,” Kerr said, “It was a very intense game and a great opportunity to see where we are at.” Harvard came out of the gate strong in the first half, keeping possession of the ball during most of the early part of the frame. Freshman forward Andre Akpan and junior forward Mike Fucito both were able to get off two shots in the first twenty minutes of play. The early attempts, while close, went wide...
...phase in some shuttles on the regular-year weekend schedule, as driver availability allowed. Tempesta was very friendly and conveyed his sincere desire to accommodate student demand. The weekend shuttle would run every 20 minutes to the three major undergraduate destinations: Currier House, Mather House, and Boylston Gate. This is an excellent policy, except for the fact that the shuttle isn’t yet fully operational. As a result, it isn’t consistent and so most people are unsure about the schedule. To find the schedule, Tempesta suggested that I check the website. However, upon visiting...
...Time heals," said Ed Adkins, as he held on the steel gate guarding ground zero. "Sometimes I want to cry, but not often." Atkins served as a chaplain at the makeshift morgue set up in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. He gave last rites to victims there, and at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island where debris and human remains were taken. "There are thousands of stories that people are never going to hear," he said. "But we?re going...
...Anyone who has seen an action movie knows we can take quite a beating yet be oblivious to pain. This is neural blockade at the highest level - in the brain. But it can happen all the way down to the nerve-ending level. There is a well-known pain gate in the spinal cord; regional anesthesia controls pain by temporarily blocking nerve transmission via chemicals injected around more peripheral nerves. Farther down toward the pain-associated nerve endings we create neural blockade with topical anesthetics (like what the dentist puts on your gum so you don't feel the novocaine...
...July--they hail from India, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand--are seen as real contenders. A straw poll expected later this month should feature new and prominent names. Says a senior U.N. official: "The most important countries don't seem to like the horses in the starting gate, so they'll have to roam the paddocks looking for better material." Insiders expect Prince Zeid al-Hussein, Jordan's U.N. envoy, to declare, though handicappers note that an Arab might be viewed as insufficiently impartial, given the turmoil in the Middle East. Other possible candidates are former Malaysian Deputy...