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...weeks ago, after manually constructing breasts, bruising myself with batons and adorning a blue crushed velvet leotard, I captured the title of Miss Harvard 2002. I successfully transformed myself from an awkward nerd to a voluptuous bombshell by applying a sharp razor to my hairy legs and a thick layer of concealer to my blemished face. Post-pageant, with my bouquet of roses dying and my breasts in the trash can, I assumed I would resume the mundane, insular life where I’m mildly anti-social and invariably celibate (the latter not by choice). But the rhinestone-studded...
...inch-long hairs peel off into a watery mélange of foamy white shaving cream and occasional drops of blood. I awkwardly maneuvered my body as I shaved the rear of my thighs, only breaking more skin in my futile attempt to be careful and precise. An analgesic layer of lotion, though, assuaged the dry areas and the numerous cuts. I had legs, but I didn’t know how to use them...
...also face modern threats. Air pollution has become a serious problem. And only eight years after the last restoration, finished in 1963, it became obvious that it had done more harm than good. Neglecting to test his materials first, restorer Leonetto Tintori used synthetic resins to fix the painted layer to the plaster. As the resins aged, they hardened and the wall could no longer "breathe." Without further treatment, the painted layer was likely to fall...
Molina, a professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences at MIT, was one of the three recipients of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has researched extensively on urban air pollution and was one of the primary investigators on the damaging effects of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) on the ozone layer...
Researching the effects of an invisible chemical on an invisible layer of the stratosphere was as much a political as a scientific challenge, Molina said. The research team made a conscious effort to talk with the news media and politicians in order to communicate the importance of their discoveries...