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...entire staff arrives at 6 p.m. and divides up to scrub, mop, and vacuum Larsen Hall...

Author: By Candice N. Plotkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Janitor Fights For Extra Hour | 4/20/2005 | See Source »

...like many dance students, have suffered through numerous summer dance programs in studios without air conditioning. In pre-professional summer dance classes I have seen teachers temporarily stop class to mop the puddles of sweat off the floor in order to prevent us, the dancers, from injuring ourselves through slipping. While I know that it is indeed possible, although extremely tiring, stifling, and ridiculously sweaty to take dance classes in a hot, humid room, I have never danced in or attended a single summer performance which was not air conditioned...

Author: By Marin J.D. Orlosky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dancers Break New Ground | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

...based therapies may require a multidrug approach. For example, combining the modified clostridium bacterium, which attacks a tumor at its anaerobic core, with the altered measles virus, which destroys the periphery of the tumor, could be a potent new way to fight cancer. Add some radiation or chemotherapy to mop up any lingering cancer cells, and doctors could find themselves closing in on a cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Bad Bugs Go Good | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...critical (e.g., housekeeping issues). My review of the inspection data indicates that there were fewer critical violations this fall than during a similar inspection last spring. For this reason, the title of the article is true in the sense that the inspector noted non-critical items (such as a mop not hung after use and a broken light on a salad bar), but misleading in the sense that these violations are not risk factors for food safety. In my experience, HUDS strives to improve their performance in all safety issues, and welcomes the City inspections to help improve their program...

Author: By Joseph Griffin, | Title: HUDS Takes Food Safety at Harvard Seriously | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

Thanks in part to Nike's promotions, urban hip-hop culture is all the rage among young Chinese. One of Beijing's leading DJs, Gu Yu, credits Nike with "making me the person I am." Handsome and tall under a mop of shoulder-length hair, Gu got hooked on hip-hop after hearing rapper Black Rob rhyme praises to Nike in a television ad. Gu learned more on Nike's Internet page and persuaded overseas friends to send him music. Now they send something else too: limited-edition Nikes unavailable in China. Gu and his partner sell them in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: How Nike Figured Out China | 10/24/2004 | See Source »

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