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...came out of a study including 696 Navy and Marine troops who were injured in combat in Iraq between 2004 and 2006. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine in January, the study found that soldiers who were given morphine during resuscitation and treatment for physical trauma were half as likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as those who did not get the drug. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...Solar” comes to a close, Beard is forced to confront the various deceptions and half-truths that have defined his life. A chameleon, Beard nevertheless begins to lose control of his relationships, of the image he projects on the world, and of his own beliefs and emotions. The man who shunned commitment and love in favor of status, pleasure, and freedom realizes that the only true solace resides in the personal relationships that endure life’s changes. McEwan’s writing becomes increasingly fatalistic and forlorn as the novel progresses, and Beard realizes that even...
Ideally, an EAT box would be about the size of half a bread loaf and would only hold about a standard plate’s worth. This would allow students to possibly take a burger, some pasta, or a few brownies but nothing that would truly strain the cafeteria. Thus, the net effect could be that less food gets taken out than that which is removed under the current system. Former thieves can leave their criminal pasts behind and find redemption in the new system of taking food. And as the commonplace act of taking food out of the dining...
...morning of Feb. 18, Eliot House Building Manager Francisco Medeiros noticed that roughly ten feet of the bottom half of a twenty foot downspout on O entryway was missing. He immediately reported it to Harvard University Police Department...
...total medal count—two—falls far behind winter powers such as the United States, Germany, and Norway, the current medal leaders. Then you’d be denying the existence of Australian Olympian Torah Bright, who took gold in the women’s half pipe, beating all the top U.S. riders in the process...