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...longer holding times is the consumption of pure oxygen beforehand. The world record for holding your breath after inhaling pure oxygen is now Blaine's - 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The record without the pure oxygen, which Blaine failed to break during an attempt last year in Manhattan's Lincoln Center, is 8 minutes and 58 seconds...
...according to an NAS press release. The Academy, which the release describes as “a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare” currently numbers 2,041 active members. Signed into existence by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the group is charged with acting as an advisor to the federal government on issues involving science and technology. Election to the NAS is typically regarded as one of the highest honors that can be awarded to a scientist. Lisa Randall ’83: A Physics professor...
...Instead of maintaining the clause that abortion should remain rare, and thus placing a cloud of moral doubt over the procedure, pro-choice Americans should view abortion as morally acceptable. This is the only way to maintain consistency between the morality and legality of abortion. Abraham Lincoln made this same argument when he responded to Stephen Douglas in their famous debates. Douglas supported federal neutrality on the slavery issue, while claiming to be personally ambivalent on whether slavery was right or wrong, which Lincoln called an untenable moral position. Lincoln argued that it was only reasonable for the federal government...
...sixth of seven children, Lee was born in Hong Kong but was raised in nearby Guangzhou, on the mainland. He earned his B.A. from the University of Hong Kong before studying law at Lincoln's Inn in London. After returning to Hong Kong to practice law, he was elected to the Legislative Council in 1985 and became a member of the Beijing-appointed committee to draft Hong Kong?s Basic Law. But when Beijing cracked down on protestors in Tiananmen Square in 1989, Lee's role in leading protests in Hong Kong led to his ouster from the Basic...
...rained out. Stendahl was bestowed the responsibility of deciding which of the students were going to be able to fit inside Sanders Theatre, Gomes said. “With great humor, he drew names out of his hat—he wore a tall silk hat like Abraham Lincoln,” Gomes said. “It bound us to him. When I went to see him just last Saturday...I asked him ‘Do you remember our Commencement?’ He smiled broadly—clearly he did.” After serving as dean...