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...smoky slacker notwithstanding, a 2003 study in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society found that even among regular users, there is no proof that pot causes irreversible cognitive damage. Memory does get cloudy, and learning new information does get harder, but those effects fade if the user does kick the habit. The drug may also diminish libido and fertility. (So much for its promised free-love properties.) And as with any intoxicating chemical, pot use can become chronic and compulsive, crowding out room for much else. "If you came to our adolescent program and saw the 16-year...
...period when we have enough stuff to worry about.”“The second Dartmouth game is always a tough one, because there’s a lot going on academically [for the players],” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said.The travel partner games, which kick off the league season for Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown, and Yale, are almost must-wins, because of the added preparation time afforded by playing just one game in a weekend instead of two. Of those four schools, only the Big Green scheduled a game during the week leading...
...kick off promisingly when Gazprom, Russia’s Kremlin-owned energy monopoly, interrupted Ukraine’s natural gas flow through the ironically named “Brotherhood” pipeline. Ever since the downfall of the USSR, former satellite Soviet republics have benefited from heavily subsidized gas prices. Wanting to update Ukraine’s access to “international standards,” Gazprom raised the price of gas from $50 per thousand cubic meters to $230. The more than 400-percent increase was cleverly couched in the Western language of free trade and open international...
Then, on Dec. 16 in Hanover, N.H., Dartmouth built up a 3-0 lead on its way to an easy 5-1 victory over the same Crimson squad that defeated the Big Green 6-2 to kick off the season...
...goal in the middle period kept the Raiders in the game.“Progressively we picked up our speed and connected our passes and started to really make things happen,” Schroyer said. “We developed throughout the game.”Raimondi kick-started the Crimson offense in the opening frame by stealing a pass at the Colgate blue line and beating Wheeler with just over six minutes left in the period. She also notched two assists on the afternoon.“I think today we just capitalized on our opportunities...