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...1950s, U.S. forces used armor made of fiberglass, nylon and heat-treated aluminum. Today an array of protective gear is available including the soft ballistic vests favored by police and S.W.A.T. team members, often made out of Kevlar, a lightweight fiber five times stronger than steel. Hard armor plates, on the other hand, are made of thick ceramic or metal engineered to withstand high-powered assault weapons and are more often used in the military...
...Taken together, these studies highlight the fact that old habits die hard: any efforts to strengthen self-control, not just in eating but in all behaviors, must begin early, researchers say. "I think you can be trained to exhibit more self-control," says Dr. Ari Brown, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Austin, Texas. "But it's harder to do, the older you get. As pediatricians, we have the chance to help parents create a lifestyle early on, so you don't have to go through behavior modification or a weight loss program to learn healthier eating...
...Each skipper had one victory and one runner-up finish on the weekend.“Powers was a super woman this weekend,” Watson said. “She was injured all fall, and we are excited to have her back. She skippered well and hiked hard as crew, and it is great to have her back competing.”In the B division, freshman skipper Emily Lambert switched from her normal crew, as Cosgrove crewed the first two races, freshman crew Marie Appel the next four, and Jumper the final eight. Harvard finished ninth overall...
...last of the regular season—then-junior Matt Rogers propelled Harvard to victory with an eighth-inning home run. The win for the Crimson was its third consecutive one-run game against the Huskies.“Northeastern is always a tough team, and they always fight hard against us,” captain Harry Douglas said. “Year in and year out, they are a good team. We’re ready to face them.”Today’s contest marks the fourth time in the last five years that Harvard...
...jargon. Mangled terms like “import-substituting industrialization” and “competitive authoritarianism” litter the typical textbook. In theory, these labels should make the discipline more precise, but in practice, they make it inaccessible. Not only are they hard for casual readers to understand, they also are difficult for students to remember. What is “amoral familism” again...