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Harvard researchers will give you cocaine. And pay you $425. AND PROVIDE A TAXI. More info after the jump...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Best.Study.Ever. | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...afford to fall into the same hole against Penn on Saturday night. The Crimson (15-8, 7-2 Ivy) came out strong and finished even stronger on both ends of the court against the Quakers (6-17, 3-6 Ivy), taking the motivation from its last game and jumping out to what was as high as a 21-point lead in the second half. When the final buzzer sounded, Harvard came out with a much more comfortable 69-54 win.Once again, the offensive production of the Crimson’s starting five took center stage, as they scored...

Author: By Ricky Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Defeats Penn Easily | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...McFarland says his year-over-year revenues rose 28% in December and 35% in January. "I'd love to see a 50% jump in February," he says. As the historian for the Shoe Service Institute of America, the cobbler trade group, McFarland tracks local media stories on shoe-repair performance and talks to hundreds of shop owners throughout the country. He says cobblers are reporting increases in the range of 25% to 40% during the fourth quarter of 2008 and early '09. (See a gallery of Olympic shoe designs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fix-It Nation: In Tough Times, Tailors and Cobblers Thrive | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...increase," says Angie Wilson, vice president of marketing and communications for the Automotive Service Association, which represents 8,000 independent car-repair shops in the U.S. According to an association survey, 60% of auto-repair shops said they saw an increase in '08 year-over-year sales. The average jump was 16%. (The survey was taken in August, before the financial meltdown. Auto-industry economists say repair growth slowed in the fourth quarter as customers deferred big-ticket maintenance jobs during the worst months of the downturn, and that pent-up demand will lift the numbers in '09.) (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fix-It Nation: In Tough Times, Tailors and Cobblers Thrive | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...rhythmic, restrained chords, over top of which is a vocal melody that begs the listener to sing along. The chords slow down and fade out, and one would expect the song to end here. Then the tease of the bass and the same upbeat, in-your-face crescendo that jump-started the song returns to bring the track back full-circle.These epic, guitar-driven tracks avoid becoming overbearing by merit of the piano ballads and simpler tracks sprinkled throughout the album. “Inland Sea” stands out for its ability to balance a laid-back rhythm with still...

Author: By Susie Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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