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...ability to remember names or other bits of information by practicing memory tasks, just as practice will help you learn a new instrument or another language. A number of researchers have proposed that a lifetime of such efforts could allow you to build up a healthy cognitive reserve to offset the declines of old age, though the idea remains theoretical...
...that my computer is set to go into sleep mode,” and “make double-sided copies” are among the document’s suggestions. According to HGCI, the University promised campus buildings with 50 percent participation in the program that it would offset 10 percent of their greenhouse-gas emissions for one year by purchasing wind energy. Twenty-one Harvard buildings met this 50-percent requirement, according to an announcement by HGCI. The wind power that Harvard will purchase as a reward will offset 6.5 million pounds of greenhouse gases, equivalent to removing...
...absolutely fantastic.” He attributes the win to having “no drop off” from last year’s powerhouse team and the confidence that comes with being the reigning champs. But the competitive air in the gym was offset by the constant sideline commentary of the tournament’s announcers, John P. Blickstead ’06 and Trey Kollmer ’07. The two hurled more insults than game announcements, focusing in particular on competitors’ sex lives and physical appearances. But Kevin J. Wecht...
...France and Germany into economic reform. To many observers, he seemed to lose interest in the E.U. as the prospects for a return on his investment faded. In June, Blair said he'd consider giving up the British rebate, secured in 1984 by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to offset her country's scanty proceeds from the E.U.'s Common Agricultural Policy (cap), but only if "the larger anomaly" of big agricultural subsidies was changed, too. The French, the biggest beneficiaries and fiercest defenders of the cap, have insisted they're not open to further discussion on reducing subsidies...
...animals as diverse as the monkey, tiger, and snake. Animals of the fantasy world include the dragon and phoenix. In “Dragon amid Clouds,” a hanging scroll from the Choson dynasty of Korea in the nineteenth century, an orange and green dragon is offset by black and white clouds. The dragon, a celebrated animal in East Asia, is chasing a wish-granting Buddhist symbol in this scroll. “Dragons in the West are considered evil, whereas in Asia they are thought of as benevolent and even auspicious,” says Mowry. These...