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...does it make if you get drunk inside or outside?...In Pamplona we have more bars than churches. And we are not short of churches.” Outside, Josefina would sometimes find out her patrons’ true identities from the dust-jackets of books. The quiet and relaxed, yet welcoming, atmosphere of Pamplona attracted writers of all ilks. “They would come in at 11 in the morning and leave at 10 at night, just reading and writing,” Josefina archly told us, “That’s why I never...
...applicants for the Harvard Oration—the more serious of the two senior speeches. “It was a very tough decision,” Adams said. But Adams said she was confident that Fisher’s speech, entitled “Relax. It’s Only Your Life,” “would resonate well with graduating Harvard students.” This is hardly the first time that Fisher’s voice has found a wide audience. As a member of the Harvard Krokodiloes, Harvard’s oldest a capella...
...that we aligned our calendar with that of the rest of the college (and real) world. There is no reason Harvard students should have to rush to start internships or work the first business day after exams end, or leave home on Jan. 2 while all of our friends relax for another week, or take exams in classes that we haven’t attended in over a month, or sit at home in late August while our friends are all at school, and so forth. A J-term is not the solution. Getting rid of reading period is also...
...family-meal crusaders offer lots of advice to parents seeking to recenter their household on the dinner table. Groups like Ready, Set, Relax!, based in Ridgewood, N.J., have dispensed hundreds of kits to towns from Kentucky to California, coaching communities on how to fight overscheduling and carve out family downtime. More schools are offering basic cooking instruction. It turns out that when kids help prepare a meal, they are much more likely to eat it, and it's a useful skill that seems to build self-esteem. Research on family meals does not explore whether it makes a difference...
...Just Sit Back and Relax! Why do Americans have to work so hard at taking it easy...