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...Americans to eat fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American annually consumed 13 pounds more fresh fruit and 50 pounds more fresh vegetables from 2003 through 2005 than from 1983 through 1985, an increase of about 14 percent and 41 percent, respectively...
...data is much more comprehensive because we have over 9,000 student responses,” said Bert Sperling, the president of Sperling’s BestPlaces. According to Sperling, the overwhelming majority of Harvard students said the sexual health services needed no improvement. 70 percent of students would consider going to the health services for help, a statistic much higher than other schools, Sperling said. Harvard scored best in the areas of “Lecture/Outreach Programs” and “Availability/Cost of Contraceptives,” and its lowest score was for the absence...
...notice or acknowledge the symptoms of the crash should not be given an enormous sum to attempt to set us on track. It’s not surprising that his bailout solution is unpopular among economists and, according to polls, the American public. In a recent poll, 55 percent of Americans indicated that they do not favor bailing out private companies using taxpayers’ money, which is what this $700 billion purchase of mortgage-backed securities composes. Investors George Soros, Carl Icahn, and Jim Rogers, as well as about 200 university economists—including several from Harvard?...
...passing back,” Mann said. “Our forwards and midfielders need to feed the ball in and get more shots.” What could have been a bigger problem—the conditions—wasn’t. There was a 100 percent chance of rain in Philadelphia on Saturday, but the worst the Crimson faced was a light drizzle in the second half. There were times when Mann struggled to corral a ball or two, being forced to punch out others, but for the most part, the team was able to play...
...offense in Harvard history (Liam O’Hagan) and a guy that finished as the top quarterback in the Ivy League last season (Chris Pizzotti)? For Murphy, it was a no-brainer: go with Pizzotti. A First Team All-Ivy member in 2007, the senior completed over 63 percent of his passes, threw for 2,134 yards, and had 14 touchdowns to just four interceptions in the seven games he started. Through week one of this season, he has yet to lose a game that he both started and finished. Despite an up-and-down first three quarters that...