Word: laval
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...period. Weight gains ranged from 4 kg to 13 kg (9 lbs. to 29 lbs.). But the difference in the amount gained was much less between twins than between subjects who were not siblings. Concludes Claude Bouchard, a professor of exercise physics at Quebec's Laval University: "It seems genes have something to do with the amount you gain when you are overfed." Some sets of twins transformed the extra calories into mostly fat, while others converted them into lean muscle...
...interesting to hear [Dean of the Faculty A. Michael] Spence on his perception of this University 10 to 20 years from now regarding this worldwide expansion, and then to come here and see the need to have more representation of Afro-American professors on the faculty," said Laval S. Wilson, a junior parent and the outgoing superintendent of Boston schools. "I think these issues are critical for staff representation," he added...