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These activities were a part of Paul F. Niehaus’s regular life in Jamaica, but though Niehaus went there at the end of sophomore year to get away from the grind of academic life, he didn’t let his mind rot from lack of use. While living on one of the largest farms on the island, Niehaus kept the books and advised the owners on investment decisions, weighing in on issues such as whether or not to stay in cattle or eggs. And though he was living the high life, Niehaus never forgot the main reason...

Author: By Jannie S. Tsuei, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Egg Head | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...though, Malwatte and other international students are mostly occupied with the daily grind of student life...

Author: By Tina Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Watching Events Unfold From Afar | 12/10/2003 | See Source »

...precocious achievement. Torn between an exceptionality they love and a normalcy few others will acknowledge, Harvard students find themselves attracted to a manic social scene that is stodgy by week and unmoored by weekend. Dr. Perfection and Mr. Lush co-exist tensely somewhere between Harvard’s academic grind and the wassailing grind-fest of Harvard State University’s parties...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, | Title: Please, Sir, Could You Drink Somewhat Less? | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...night rice binges, clingy loincloths, a positively feudalistic promotion system--it's easy to see how sumo wrestling could get to be a grind. But when AKEBONO, the first foreign-born wrestler to achieve sumo's highest rank, retired from the ring in 2001, it was huge news. The 517-lb. Hawaiian, born Chad Rowan, brought glitter and cosmopolitanism to the ancient and solemn Japanese sport. Now Akebono, 34, is stunning the sumo world again with the announcement that he'll join Japan's brutal K-1 kickboxing league--a career move tantamount to Mikhail Baryshnikov's joining WWE SmackDown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sumo Star Seeks New Kicks | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...offensive lineman especially, we just get beat up [in practice],” Traverso explains. “It’s a constant process. There’s no break in the grind, and you just have to be a little bit odd the rest of the time to make...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Line and Dine | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

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