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...clock tonight the Graduate School Society of Phillips Brooks House will hold a reception for students in all departments of the Graduate School. During the evening C. H. Moore '89. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dean Pound of the Law School, and W. L. Sperry, Dean of the Theological School, will address the gathering. Following the speakers, the Harvard Glee Club will furnish entertainment...
...next 36 hours, the rebels were subjected to a suffocating air bombardment. According to U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King, American planes dropped 19 "cave busters," 2,000-pound bombs that blast deep into the ground. This was followed by a rain of 500-pounders and rocket and cannon fire from AC?130 gunships and Apache helicopters. "It looked like (the rebels) had lost their minds," says Raziq. "They were running in every direction." By Raziq's count, 22 rebels were killed and another 13 were captured. The U.S. military reported no casualties...
...terrified brain would signal the adrenal glands, located on top of the kidneys, to release hormones, including adrenaline (its more technical name: epinephrine) and glucocorticoids (see chart), and the nerve cells to release norepinephrine. These powerful chemicals made the senses sharper, the muscles tighter, the heart pound faster, the bloodstream fill with sugars for ready energy. Then, when the danger passed, the response would turn...
...year the naysayers in the medical establishment got high-cholesterol egg on their faces. For three decades, the experts railed against Dr. Robert Atkins and his popular steak-heavy, high-fat, low-carb nutrition plan. Then came surprising new studies showing that the diet not only works (pound for pound, up to 100% better than low-fat diets) but also appears to be good for the heart, lowering triglycerides and raising HDL, the "good" cholesterol. Studies were small, however, and the results preliminary. The last word will probably have to wait for the big five-year, $2.5 million clinical trial...
...happen in places like Los Angeles or New York, not in British cities where the archetypal bobby goes unarmed. But the Jan. 2 shootings and the gun-crime statistics don't surprise those who live in Britain's inner cities, where drug gangs, particularly Jamaican dealers, protect their multimillion pound profits with weapons ranging from replica pistols and modified air guns to lethal Uzi submachine guns. Jasper says guns, many smuggled in from the Balkans, are easily bought or rented, and that while the gangs are often homegrown, top killers, or "shottas," are sometimes flown in from Jamaica to carry...