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...Because Life Is Short. In the end, a list is about one thing: the person who wrote it. Making a list is like making a mix CD for a crush; you do it in the hope that if someone sees what you believe matters and is great in the world, he will see to your core and know who you are. Lists are a means of asserting identity, saying "I was here"--especially at the end of the year, when we reminisce about time past and think about how much time we have left. While we are still around...
...department-store answer to What to give the person who has everything? typically comes down to dollars: Saks Fifth Avenue offers a $215,000 bottle of perfume; British retailer Fortnum & Mason has a $41,000 Christmas basket--including caviar, champagne and foie gras--that is delivered by horse and carriage; and Neiman Marcus, ever determined to be the most ridiculous, is touting a $1.4 million Triton 1000 submarine with leather seats...
...community to be able to hear from the top person that they want to do it the right way and they want to hear from everybody is the right way,” she said. “But I don’t think people should get the feeling that [Harvard is] not committed to developing in Allston...
...think [rebounding] has got to be a full team effort,” Pusar said. “With teams like this that are quick, athletic, it can’t just be one person. It has to be all five players crashing the boards...
...critics—estimates suggest that such programs have saved 1,000 lives since they were first introduced. Because a heroin overdose shuts down the part of the brain responsible for controlling breathing, waiting for the paramedics to arrive to inject naloxone wastes precious minutes during which a person stops breathing. Quite simply, naxolone distribution programs deserve to be supported on the federal level for their potential to save lives, which should be the first aim of governments when approaching public health or drug policy. The debate over naloxone is reminiscent of the debate over needle exchanges. Created to staunch...