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...sorry. We couldn't resist. We feel a public obligation, a duty to both our readers and to the Harvard community, to speak out on the most pressing and important issue of our time...
...that in no way pose any real threat to their health. However, Cucci describes the horrors of fat and weight gain in a manner more suitable for a Puritan diatribe against sin than a rational plan for greater fitness. He presents overeating as a "temptation" that the strong can resist but through which the weak snack their way to their eventual "self-destruction." Those who eat therefore lack discipline and control and need to be saved from their own cravings...
When Boris Yeltsin's 63rd birthday rolled around last Tuesday, a reporter was unable to resist asking Victor Chernomyrdin whether he had sprung any special surprises on his boss. "We presented him with a huge bouquet of flowers," Chernomyrdin solemnly intoned. "We doubt if he received a bigger one from anyone else. We knew we couldn't allow this. Ours was the best...
...movie's plot is the rehashed tale of the good cop gone bad. In this case, Jack Grimaldi (Gary Oldman) is the Queens police sergeant who cannot resist the temptations of the underworld. Like a child at a candystore window, Jack, in doing surveillance work, has longingly spied on the blandly depicted lifestyles of the rich and infamous. Instead of trading in his badge for true mobster glory, Jack decides to be a mob informer by remaining on the force. The whereabouts of protected witnesses is big business as Jack begins working for Don Falcone (Roy Scheider...
...fast food joints that will deliver right to our rooms at virtually any time of day. This temptation to overindulge is compounded by intense work-loads which allow little time for that all-important workout. These factors pose real threats for students who lack wills strong enough to resist such pervasive temptation and to actively overcome the effects of excessive consumption. We must learn to recognize and solve these problems, since they will certainly persist throughout our lives...