Word: rahe
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Senior Nick Arena put the Crimson in good position by winning the first leg, but by the fourth leg, Northeastern had widened a huge gap that Harvard's Rahe just couldn't close. The Huskies won the race in 7:49 and gave the Huskies the five points needed to win the meet...
Even after some dazzling performances by freshman Derek Horner, who won three events--the long jump (22-ft., 11 1/4 in.), the 55-meter dash (6.50 seconds), and the 200-meter dash (22.50 seconds)--senior Brian Cann, winner of the 3000-meter run in 8:37.29 and sophomore Eric Rahe, who won the 800-meter with a personal best of 1:52.27, the Crimson still could not break away from Northeastern...
...mile to the 5000 meters. Mayer is the team's leading sprinter, with times of 10.8 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.3 seconds in the 200 meters. Freshmen Peter Wilensky and David Son provide much-needed depth in the sprinting events. John Koenigsknecht, John Mee and Eric Rahe will run for the Crimson in the middle-distance events...
...been reconfirmed many times. A study published earlier this year in the British medical journal Lancet reported that the incidence of fatal heart attacks rose sharply in Athens in the days following the 1981 earthquake there. Stanford Neurochemist Barchas has found that a high score on the Holmes-Rahe scale is linked to elevated levels of the hormones associated with stress: adrenaline (which scientists have re-christened epinephrine), norepinephrine and beta-endorphin. An Australian study of bereavement has shown that eight weeks after the death of their spouses, widows and widowers have diminished immune responses, leaving them more vulnerable...
Some experts do not agree I that the Holmes-Rahe scale is the best measure of personal stress. By conducting a series of surveys, Psychologist Richard Lazarus, of the University of California at Berkeley, has become convinced that the everyday annoyances of life, or "hassles," contribute more to illness and depression than major life changes. Lazarus cites a poem by Charles Bukowski to illustrate his point...