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...right times. “I’m really happy I came into freshman year with this team,” Vloka said. “It helped to have someone to fall back on. We really clicked.” The women’s squad will lose a few key fencers to graduation next year, including co-captain Emily Cross and senior epee Maria Larsson. Vloka will now be asked to carry Harvard in a different way—as one of its leaders. “Both her and [classmate Noam Mills], unusually, as freshmen will...
...bottom of the post, bounced down, and looked to have crossed the plane. But the potential goal was not given. Luck, it seemed, was not on the Crimson’s side. With less than a minute left, it was almost a foregone conclusion—Harvard would barely lose out on its Ivy title. But everyone on the field had hope. “It was almost unbelievable,” co-captain Nicole Rhodes said. “Even with a minute left, we thought we were going to win.” With the clock threatening...
...contests. "In most social and workplace environments, asking 'Why?' can seem rude," Sindell acknowledges. "Unfortunately, if we allow ourselves to be forever polite, we will never get into the habit of good thinking. We will get so used to accepting every inanity uttered near us that we will completely lose our critical faculties ... The word why is a wonderful dumb-conversation stopper." Your next brilliant brainchild may not survive Sindell's 11 steps to become viable, let alone profitable, but if his method truly does lead to fewer dumb conversations, let's hope it catches...
...older, more likely to deliver multiple births and ethnically more diverse than they were 20 or 30 years ago. But far and away, the IOM's greatest new concern is the increased population of overweight and obese mothers-to-be. (Watch TIME's video "How to Lose Hundreds of Pounds...
...behest of the National Football League Players Association, found that while former players had a lower death rate overall compared with their peers in the general population, the heaviest players - offensive and defensive linemen - were 52% more likely to die of heart disease. (Watch TIME's video "How to Lose Hundreds of Pounds...