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...university, for example, occurs on a yearly basis. At the Boston Clubs, on the other hand, the turnover is one generation. People are there for 40 years—it takes time to build under those circumstances.” Insiders contend that they are not attempting to mimic the city’s meritocracy in any way. “Is it a meritocracy...
...easy to talk about testosterone but hard to do much about it. About 4 million men in the U.S. whose bodies don't produce enough take a doctor-prescribed synthetic version, mostly by self-injection, every one to three weeks. But the shots cannot begin to mimic the body's own minute-by-minute micromanagement of testosterone levels. So they can produce a roller coaster of emotional and physical effects, from a burst of energy, snappishness and libido in the first days to fatigue and depression later. The main alternative, a testosterone patch, works best when applied daily...
Other members said that since January, the graduate board has been attempting to mimic the Porcellian club, the one final club that has never allowed women in its clubhouse...
Franck is known for her intimate knowledge of glazes. While she trained in Japan to learn how to mimic ancient Japanese glazes, her most widely known work is painted with "fresh" red-copper glazes of her own invention. In this show, however, most of the pieces are either black and brown earth-tones or white over blue and green underglazes. It is obvious from each of her pieces that she has masterful control over her medium-every slight change in color or variation in shape is deliberate. Though the show is united by the characteristic grace of her work, there...
...High-tech, full-length bodysuits designed to mimic a shark's skin in water have created a hubbub in Australian swimming because they are said to improve race times by up to three percent. When Olympic 1,500 meters champ Kieren Perkins put on the suit he sped to his fastest 400 meters freestyle time...