Word: grass
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...grass-roots response has been impressive. There are 330 U.S. cities that have independently embraced the Kyoto treaty. And millions of Americans are deciding to become carbon neutral...
...author of The Emotional Brain, studies fear pathways in laboratory animals. He explains that the jumpiest part of the brain--of mouse and man--is the amygdala, a primitive, almond-shaped clump of tissue that sits just above the brainstem. When you spot potential danger--a stick in the grass that may be a snake, a shadow around a corner that could be a mugger--it's the amygdala that reacts the most dramatically, triggering the fight-or-flight reaction that pumps adrenaline and other hormones into your bloodstream...
...blue wave of the Yale student section flowing over Harvard Stadium’s concrete wall, celebrating on Harvard’s own home fake grass, was the most painful moment of the day. More painful than the ball that wobbled off the foot of punter Matthew R. Schindel ’08 for a whopping five-yard gain. More painful than the imminent mid-afternoon hangover. More painful than the MIT streaker who graced our collective presence with less than a minute left in the game. (And that was painful...
Wednesday, October 25, 5:09 a.m.: An officer was dispatched to Sever Hall, where a patch of grass was on fire. The Cambridge Fire Department had already taken care...
This 123rd rendition of The Game, he confesses, is something that he’s thought about ever since stepping foot on the grass of the Yale Bowl as a freshman...