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...girl told me that, according to the officer manning the door, the expected wait time was about an hour and half...
Most people (and TV networks) budget three hours for a baseball game. Really, though, this is far longer than the baseball gods ever intended. It is twice as long as a normal game was in the early 20th century. In 1920, a 26-inning game—that’s almost three normal games in a row—ended after three hours and 50 minutes. Even by 1943, the American League average game length was still just one hour, 58 minutes...
Fans can feel the difference. After games, those who have made it to the end groan at the late hour. It’s a shame that students should have to choose between an English paper and the World Series. For those, God forbid, who have class or work in the morning, a healthy sleep cycle is also at stake...
...solitary aquamarine chair in the middle of the bare, black Harvard Dance Studio did not know what was coming to it when nationally touring dancer and poet Claire Porter took the stage on Saturday night—and neither did the audience. For the subsequent hour and half, Porter performed “Namely, Muscles,” an original piece in which she danced while reading aloud over 30 poems about muscles. Porter’s performance was often eccentric, but presented a profound and creative work of mixed media.The work consisted of Porter’s portrayal...
Think twice before pulling your next all-nighter. A lack of sleep may cause severe psychological disturbances, according to a study of 26 university students—more than half of them from Harvard. In the experiment conducted by Harvard Medical School researchers, some students slept eight hours, while the other half stayed awake for 35 hours. Near the end of the second day, students were placed in an MRI scanner, as pictures flashed before them, said the study’s leader, psychologist Matthew Walker of University California at Berkeley. The first were relatively neutral, such as an empty...