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...Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 26% of 2-to-5-year-olds are at risk of becoming overweight, and 14% are already overweight--more than twice the incidence in the mid-'70s and up 35% in the past four years alone. Those numbers could rise as much as 30% overnight if the U.S. adopts the new growth-chart guidelines issued last month by the World Health Organization. "I'm seeing younger and younger kids overweight--as young as 10 months old," says Jan Hangen, a clinical nutrition specialist at Children's Hospital Boston. "Parents bring babies into the office...
...little hard to talk about progress. You really need a leadership that takes ownership of the issue,” says Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies Michele Lamont.“Social engineering is a complex thing and it doesn’t happen overnight,” she says. “You cannot expect this committee to produce deliverables.”THE PRICE IS RIGHT?Last spring, professors and administrators said Summers’ decision to give $50 million over 10 years symbolized his commitment to the work of the two task...
...then moved to Boston, married former Phillips Exeter Academy classmate Eric Wetlaufer, and became a reporter for the Associated Press, an opportunity she calls “eye-opening.” “I had my first management experience when I was made manager of the overnight shift,” she says. “I was 25 years old and was suddenly made the supervisor of a unionized shop of reporters from midnight to 8 a.m. And, I will tell you, that I was completely, utterly unequipped to do that.”She began covering...
...conformity has drifted upon the Harvard community, and there are few, if any, who will stand up and tell the truth about it: It is foreign to Harvard’s traditions.We who were at Harvard half a century ago recognize that all of this did not happen overnight. It has its roots in the turmoil of the 1960s when, through fear or negligence, the people entrusted with the operation of Harvard College allowed a small group to dictate the terms upon which the opportunity for a Harvard education was to be enjoyed. Given our experiences at Harvard, we could...
...parking facilities barely grew at all, and congestion in Harvard Square began to reach epic proportions. Most Harvard motorists had to navigate a series of hurdles as they tried to park their cars, including the ever-present threats of tickets and towings, and a 1930 city ordinance that prohibited overnight parking on public roads.HELL ON WHEELSThe students who had cars found resourceful ways to deal with Cambridge authorities. In December 1955, City Councillor Marcus Morton called for what The Crimson labeled a “full-scale attack” against violators, and in July 1956, Cambridge police officers...