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...their first date, Huang surprised Lee with a bouquet of 24 roses. After a few mishaps, he managed to lure her to the Weeks Footbridge, where he dropped to one knee and proposed, presenting Lee with his grandmother’s engagement ring. “I was so nervous that I still had my backpack on,” says Huang, laughing at the awkward, book-bag-accessorized hug the two shared.The couple plans to reside in Cambridge, as Huang begins work at Foundation Strategy Group Social Impact Advisors, a non-profit that offers consulting services to foundations, governments...
...That’s probably the most nervous I’ve ever been in a match because it was my last chance, the last time I ever could win it, so I had more pressure than normal,” Grigg said...
...senior down, 0-2, Duboc fought her way back from the brink of elimination to eventually triumph, 2-9, 7-9, 9-3, 9-6, 9-6. “I knew we needed this match,” Duboc said afterwards. “I was very nervous in the beginning, until a game and a half in, then I started playing and got nervous again. It’s like this cycle of being nervous and playing and nerves and playing. It was an internal battle playing them.” The intensity of the showdown against Trinity...
...April 12, 1955: The creation of a vaccine for polio is announced. Two Harvard professors, Thomas H. Weller and John F. Enders, aid in the development of the vaccine. The two would later receive the Nobel Prize for developing a method of cultivating polio viruses on non-nervous tissue...
...life, he was dependent on a respirator and needed a feeding tube and round-the-clock nursing care (he threw up 18 to 20 times a day), all of which kept him going in and out of the hospital. Putman thought she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. "When Jake was born, the world as I knew it disappeared," says Putman. "Margaret knows the patient's rights, comes up with a plan, tells you what you need to do and somehow makes it happen," Putman says. "But most important, she gives you hope." Jacob, now 14, is able...