Word: jacked
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Early this morning, Dr. Jack Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School learned that he and two colleagues had won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work with telomerase, an enzyme that prevents chromosomes from, um, "fraying." Yeah. We'll leave our explanation at that...
...Polanski's Chinatown (1974), starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston, garnered 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won for screenwriting...
...true “game” is a rowdy football contest. The goal of the pregame, however, remains the same: getting that good buzz going. Skip the girly drinks on game day, and get some Captain in your veins to enhance your performance as a fan. Beer, shots, Jack and Coke, or even Grandpa’s old cough syrup will also allow you to yell for far longer and come up with much cleverer insults for the opposing team (or so you will think), spurring the Harvard troops to victory. And as it does with homework or talking...
...When it comes to protecting ourselves from terrorist attacks, we tend to romanticize about scrambling fighter pilots, rapidly deployed interceptive missiles, and secret agents pulling a Jack Bauer to save thousands of lives. As Professor Elaine Scarry has written, these notions go hand in hand with counterterrorism policies where major decisions are rushed (just 24 hours to save us, Jack!) and a handful of officials make them in secret, where torture is justified by the need for speed and preventive detention by simple expedience...
...Harvard’s win was also bolstered by its consistently solid defense, including sophomore goalkeeper Austin Harms, who registered one save on the night. The Crimson back line did let in a solitary Fairfield goal, at 83:57 from the Stags’ Jack Burridge on a Kwadwo Asante assist. But Clark was unconcerned about this minor stain on the otherwise spotless Harvard performance. “We’re not giving up many goals,” Clark said. “We gave up our goal with ten minutes to go, and the game was already...