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With his team down by a single point nearing the end of the first half, co-captain Jeremy Lin stood at the free-throw line, a wad of tissue paper stuffed in his nostril to prevent blood from trickling onto the court...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Continues Strong Play, Tops GW | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...this weekend. They can’t.HARVARD (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) AT DARTMOUTH (0-6, 0-3 Ivy)It’s Saturday afternoon. You wake up in a strange, unknown place; and judging by the hardwood floor you slept on and the cockroach crawling into your nostril, you come to the vague conclusion that you’re in a River House. Your only memory of Halloween is that the hot gypsy you were dancing with all night went off with that jerk in the cow suit and the faint smell of drying permanent marker indicates that there...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: No Ivy Mischief On ‘Day Of Dead’ | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

Scott, an impish brunet with a tiny nostril stud, had violated Redwood's dress code. The code aimed to squelch gangs by requiring students to wear only certain clothes and solid colors. Scott could change her outfit and stay at school, or she could spend the day at home. "I said, 'There's nothing wrong with what I'm wearing. I'm going home,'" recalls Scott, a near straight-A student. "I thought it was kind of ridiculous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting for Free Speech in Schools | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...that same promotional video, residents solemnly profess the sacrifices they would make for Mather House—why such sacrifices would ever be needed, one is left wonder. One resident sheds his dignity by sticking a finger in his nostril, another promises to christen a future child in the House’s honor, and one courageous soul is willing even to die for Mather...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: The Spirit Is Weak | 4/2/2007 | See Source »

...back of his missing hand. Ramachandran stroked another spot on the cheek. Where do you feel that? On his absent thumb, Victor replied. Ramachandran touched the skin between Victor's nose and mouth. His missing index finger was being brushed, Victor said. A spot just below Victor's left nostril caused the boy to feel a tingling on his left pinkie. And when Victor felt an itch in his phantom hand, scratching his lower face relieved the itch. In people who have lost a limb, Ramachandran concluded, the brain reorganizes: the strip of cortex that processes input from the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: How The Brain Rewires Itself | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

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