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...research seemed to affirm the conclusions of many at the time--Harvard would be forced to change only so as not to seem stingy, not to stave off any real loss of students...
Those two losses--which were by the scores of 3-1 and 5-1, respectively--were followed by a 2-1 loss to No. 12 Northeastern. Harvard rebounded, however, winning against Ivy League foes Dartmouth and Brown to secure second place in the conference, before bowing out in the first round of the ECAC tournament to Yale...
...course, as TIME science writer Fred Golden points out, hurricanes pounded the U.S. long before global warming was a catchphrase. A group of storms in the early part of the century ? long before pollution was considered a major problem ? resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in property. The infamous 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, and killed more than 8,000 people is still considered one of the deadliest storms in history, while the 1935 hurricane that ripped across the Florida Keys, killing more than 400, is the most powerful to have made landfall...
What can you do while waiting? To fend off normal age-related memory loss, follow the adage Use it or lose it, the experts say. Simply reading a book or working a crossword puzzle on a regular basis can do wonders, even if it's not clear why. "The most solid piece of advice is to stay active," says Patricia Tun, associate director of the memory and cognition lab at Brandeis University. In the long run, a common-sense diet and healthy lifestyle may be the best memory boosters...
...MOVES On www.MarketXT.com small investors can buy and sell the 200 largest stocks on the N.Y.S.E. and NASDAQ from 6 to 8 p.m. E.T., but certain trading restrictions can make the after-hours market more volatile. Thin trading volumes can lead to major price swings, and risk-limiting stop-loss and good-until-canceled orders are not allowed. Since all traffic must go through online brokers--so far, only Discover and Dreyfus offer the nighttime service--transmission delays and other computer problems may foul up profits. For more info, read MarketXT's rather lengthy disclosure...