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...abrupt and fatal loss of heart function - is estimated to kill anywhere from 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 50,000 athletes. According to the International Olympic Committee, that rate is about three times higher than in the normal population. The condition usually gains public attention only after the death of an élite sportsman, like when Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics collapsed and died during basketball practice in 1993. However, all participants in regular athletic training - from recreational joggers to high school soccer players - are at increased risk. Almost all cases of SCD occur in athletes with...
...life at 17th-century Harvard: negotiations of social status, rule breaking and religion, and literacy and the Indian College. Artifacts related to the serving and eating of food provide evidence of social tensions. Shards of dishes and tableware point to officially mandated classism; wealthy students paid double the normal tuition, and in return ate delicacies such as fruit on tables set with dishes, tablecloths, silver, and pewter, while the other students ate off of wooden trenchers. Although Harvard abided by a number of Puritan-inspired rules, students found pieces of pipes, mugs, and wine bottles that denoted a tradition...
...consumers, and industrial users like electronics manufacturers, are buying gold again. According to World Gold Council, demand for gold, while down from a year ago, rose 19% in the second quarter vs. the first three months of the year. Indeed, gold prices might be rising in anticipation of the normal holiday buying season...
Anjali Lohani ’08, a former Crimson editor who lives in the adjacent building, recalled returning home on an otherwise normal Thursday evening...
During move-in period, recycling trucks work at least 12 hours a day making sweeps of undergraduate residences, Conner said. Once the quantity of trash falls back to normal levels, the truck cycle will be reduced, he said...