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...ought to make them a year-round way of life. And we started living large literally as well as figuratively. From the beginning to the end of the long boom, the size of the average new house increased by about half. Meanwhile, the average American gained about a pound a year, so that an adult of a given age is now at least 20 lb. heavier than someone the same age back then. In the late '70s, 15% of Americans were obese; now a third are. (Read "What's the Best Diet? Eating Less Food...
Good news for old-media sufferers! On Wednesday, Fujitsu announced the world's first color e-reader. It renders text as cleanly as a printed page, displays 260,000 colors, weighs three-quarters of a pound and is connected to the Net via WiFi. It costs $1,000, a price tag that's probably three times too high, which is typical for products aimed at early adopters...
...college to the lack of options that many undergraduates have, and added that most co-eds must unfairly choose between school and raising their child. “I’m here to free women from abortion,” Foster said to a packed audience in Pound Hall. “Abortion is a reflection that we have not met the needs of women.” She argued that feminism is the belief that all people are equal, and that this “without exception” includes “the unborn...
...batter’s box, not the exercise mat, has been the most comfortable home to Harvard’s 6’3, 210-pound right fielder. But as he worked on staying in shape during his offseason rehabilitation from two 2008 injuries, yoga it would...
...major reason for the Crimson’s success is the play of junior Doug Rogers. The 6’1, 195-pound center has recorded a point in each of the last five games and leads Harvard with four goals in that stretch...