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...Thornton Kirkland’s original published writings and pamphlets, diary entries, and a copy of his resignation letter, as well as an inscribed first edition of 1899’s “The Rough Riders” by Teddy Roosevelt, Class of 1880. For those with more modest budgets, one bookseller displayed moderately priced pop-up books. Whether looking to pick up a studious, studly intellectual, or just hoping to supplement your library of leather-bound books, Boston’s International Antiquarian Fair has you covered. Well, maybe next year...
...meal credits” is deducted from their dining accounts depending on what they choose, much like the use of BoardPlus at the Greenhouse Café. Students should be able to add as much funding to their plans as they want (and perhaps HUDS could set a modest annual minimum...
...streams," the adviser said. "They don't want the Baker commission to be the only vehicle for filling the vacuum." People who have been consulted by the commission say it appears to be headed toward recommending greater U.S. engagement with Iran and Syria on the Iraq situation, and some modest increase in troops - perhaps 20,000 to 25,000 - to speed up training of Iraqi security forces. Vice President Cheney, among others in the White House, is prepared to fight the recommendation about Iran and Syria. "He's against engagement with Iran and Syria, and he's very serious about...
...about the mercury, dioxins and PCBs that they might be consuming with their meal. But a study from the Harvard School of Public Health showed that while those contaminants pose a danger, particularly for women of childbearing age, for most people the benefits of fish outweigh the risks. Eat modest servings of fish each week--particularly salmon and bluefish--and you may reduce your risk of coronary heart disease 36%. Elsewhere, researchers at Louisiana State University reported that omega-3s can help protect cells in the retina, slowing the damage caused by such blinding diseases as retinitis pigmentosa and macular...
Studies have suggestedthat drinking modest amounts of red wine can help the heart. The key appears to be an antioxidant called resveratrol found in grape skins (and, in fact, grape juice seems to be just as effective if not as much fun). Now researchers at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging say that high doses of resveratrol fed to obese mice seemed to prevent problems usually seen in chubby rodents (and people), including diabetes, liver damage and premature death. But you would need more than 100 glasses of wine a day to get that much resveratrol...