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...After winning a proxy wrestling match, Donald Trump shaved opponent Vince McMahon's head, per their wager. Most viewers would have preferred the opposite outcome, among them "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who gave Trump a "stunner." Gossip site TMZ speaks for all of us: "One can only hope that this begins a flurry of celeb feud shave-offs." SCORE...
...day’s work. Lack of sleep can cause obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, increased risk of accidents, and poorer learning and memory, Lockley added. “People really need eight and a half hours a night, on average,” he said. This average refers to per night, Lockley said, meaning that students cannot make up for lost sleep on the weekend. “There’s really no good way to store or pay back sleep,” Lockley said. For those pulling all-nighters, the news is more sobering: staying...
...among secondary insurance plan providers. Because of this variability, as well as the efficacy of the vaccine and the seriousness of the diseases it protects against, UHS should treat Gardasil as it does many name-brand pharmaceuticals and subsidize costs so that students pay only a $30 co-pay per shot. Other institutions have recognized the benefit of subsidizing Gardasil. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick’s budget for 2008 increases the state’s universal immunization program by $24.8 million; a good portion of this money will go towards paying for HPV vaccination for females ages nine...
...more and more people have piled into the business, their margins have come down. After paying his "middleman" for a new supply of DVDs about once every two weeks - he has about 1000 titles for sale at any one time - Zhou says he earns less than one RMB per disc sold. "It's definitely a volume business," he says wearily. When I press him on where his middleman gets his product - that is, who's actually making these pirated DVDs - Zhou smiles and plays dumb. He knows I'm a journalist and there are things he's not going...
...battle, 18-17, but junior Lauren Bobzin had eight on her own, to raise her season total to 30, good for second place in the Ivy League. Joining the team for the first time was women’s basketball star sophomore Niki Finelli, who averaged nearly 12 points per game in the winter to lead Harvard team to a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Cheered on by a contingent of her hoops teammates, Finelli played about seven minutes in the second half. She was a non-factor in her first outing, however, turning the ball over once. The match...