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...week diet program with monthly weigh-ins and an overall goal of shedding 16 lb. The volunteers were then divided into three groups. The first group participated in a lottery program in which those who came closest to or exceeded the weight-loss goal received a variable cash prize determined by how many pounds they shed. The second group agreed to a deposit contract in which they anted up some of their own money as part of a pool. Those who lost the most weight split the pot; those who didn't drop enough weight lost their investment. The last...
Almost six decades ago, Peter G. Palches ’55 served as a reporter for The Harvard Crimson covering Cambridge City Hall politics, alongside sports editor and future Pulitzer Prize winner David L. Halberstam ’55. Last night, Palches returned to City Hall for the first time in 57 years to voice his support for a proposal drafted by another classmate, Francis H. Duehay ’55, that would rename Plympton St. after Halberstam. Killed in a car accident in 2007, the former Crimson managing editor was acclaimed for his fearless on-the-ground coverage...
Eight years ago, Raj Chetty ’00 graduated from the College summa cum laude, having completed his undergraduate degree in three years and produced a prize-winning thesis on business investment...
...Afghanistan lost? Four panelists—a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a senior military analyst, a former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., and a professor from New York University—considered this question yesterday as they debated the nation’s state seven years after the U.S.-led invasion. And while they may not have agreed on everything, they did agree on one thing: Afghanistan’s prognosis is not good. Steven Coll, Mark Garlasco, Maleeha Lodhi, and Barnett R. Rubin addressed a packed auditorium yesterday afternoon in a panel discussion moderated by Harvard Kennedy School professor...
...houses go to great ends to achieve these elusive victories that will lead to the ultimate prize in the Straus...