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...beauty nor geeky enough to be a geek. So much for national fame; I couldn’t even make it onto FM’s Fifteen Hottest Freshmen list. As unique as I made myself seem in my college admissions essay, I was way too normal to be famous. And the competition was steep. Tons of students were striving for the same campus-wide fame I was, from UC presidential candidates to world record holders to that kid who wore shorts all winter. Every time I tried to do something absolutely crazy, some kid from the Advocate came along...
...year tenure. Harvard finished second behind Navy in the Petite Final.“This year, there are a lot of fast teams out there,” Medioli said. “I’m sure we’ve been racing against a tougher field than normal. In my experience, we work very, very hard all the time. I can’t look back on the season and say we should have done that differently.”Though Harvard was in the lead for almost the entire race, the second varsity eight placed second behind...
...enzymes that break down bupropion in the body. Everyone possesses all the genes in question, says Rose, but in different forms, or versions, which either amplify or dampen their effects. "We're going to see a lot more studies like this now, because the tools are there," says Dr. Normal Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association and a professor of preventive medicine at Stony Brook University. "It's a wonderful first step, because smoking cessation is a real problem - it's not easy to quit...
Surprisingly, what would normally be considered a harrowing brush with death proved a transporting spiritual awakening. As a result of her stroke, Taylor found herself in a transcendental state, stripped of the burdens of normal consciousness. Freed from the need to worry or analyze, she attained something resembling the Buddhist and Hindu conception of Nirvana: a complete denial of self through the cessation of desire. After a long period of recovery, she now claims to be able to escape the demands of her left lobe at will. Living in a brightly colored house in Indiana, she serves as a prophet...
...labs? In 2006 and 2007 they warned of unusually bad storm seasons, but both years turned out to be unusually calm. This year they see another depressing spate of depressions on the Atlantic horizon. Their latest forecast calls for 15 tropical storms, eight hurricanes and four strong hurricanes; a normal year sees about two-thirds of that activity. They might, of course, be proved right, but given their recent track record they also run the risk of crying wolf, which is part of the reason why the denizens of Florida and the rest of America's hurricane-prone coastline...