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...program works. Even after only two weeks at Harvard, spring transfers like Ernst already have an extensive list of extracurriculars—his includes membership in Alpha Epsilon Pi and Harvard Students for Israel. Transfers gush about how friendly, down-to-earth and welcoming Harvard students are and insist that Harvard...
...real question for many who believe that the fat-rich Atkins diet may help shed pounds but could raise cholesterol to dangerous levels--the medical report noted that Atkins had a history of myocardial infarction (translation: heart attack), congestive heart failure and high blood pressure. The Atkins people insist his coronary arteries were fine until he got a viral infection three years ago that reduced his heart's pumping capacity to 15% to 20% of normal, just shy of making him a candidate for a transplant. But conspiracy theorists wanted to attribute Atkins' condition to his fat-skewed diet...
Will Hugo carry out his suicide by cigarette? Is Bellatrix in fact his flesh and blood? Why does he insist on being such a jerkface? All compelling questions, but the real fun is watching Hugo squirm and rant like a crazed Frasier Crane as he desperately tries to avoid the company of his fellow characters, whom he despises almost as much as he hates himself. Hugo belongs on the same gnarled family tree as Lolita's Humbert Humbert as well as--somewhere deep down in the root system--Hannibal Lecter. They fascinate because they reconcile exquisite refinement with total loathsomeness...
...officials insist that the components?tubes made up of thousands of small pieces, according to a Scomi official?could only be used in a uranium-enrichment program. A Scomi spokeswoman insists that the company was told the parts were for the oil and gas industry...
...freedom-loving American, I would gladly back the mission to Mars if the first person to go were President Bush. I am quite certain that we won't be able to find Vice President Cheney, or I would insist that he go too. Colleen Stone Merced, Calif...