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...night of May 20, 1905, Benjamin Joy, class of 1905, a popular senior from a prestigious New York family, was caught stealing a 200-pound bronze plaque from Phillips Brooks House. Joy confessed his involvement with the Med. Fac. society, and headlines about the secret society raged across Boston newspapers...
...Yeah, yeah. I talk to John, I talk to him regularly. He lives right around the corner from me [in Washington, D.C.]. Actually, my kids go over there. Not long ago my kids came over with a pound cake that they had picked up over at John’s house—he’s a friend...
...That grim scenario came a bit closer to reality last week as the U.S. currency skidded to its lowest level in a year. From a peak reached in late February, the value of the dollar has declined an average of 14% against major currencies and 24% against the British pound...
...April 17, thousands of spectators will watch some 40,000 entrants toil along the grueling course. At the same time, in gyms around Britain, other determined athletes will be seated on a Concept2 indoor rowing machine to row the marathon distance of 26 miles while they watch the runners pound the pavement on TV. The machine allows an oarsman to tackle the endurance challenge of a marathon, rowing a distance that's not practical on the water. Used for training by many of the medal-winning crews at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the affordable and robust Concept2 rises above...
Then they had to build back up the muscles, atrophied by lack of use. They started with elastic cords and two-pound weights and slowly increased the intensity. Every time Farkes would push too hard, which he admits was probably often, Waugh would pull him back...