Word: rothschilds
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...wise and civilized tradition of so much of English fiction, the setting is a vast country house; this convention ensures a large cast of eccentrics untroubled by middle-class worries about where the next case of Mouton-Rothschild is coming from. Credulity about miracle cures ripens among these Blimps and boozers. It is up to Wallace, whose sanity is battered but intact, to thread his way through his hangover and puzzle out a non-paranormal explanation. As he does, he rages entertainingly at a glorious array of targets, generally returning to the furies of sex. Wallace's discerning view...
...Anthony J. Rothschild, associate professorof psychiatry at the Medical School, says thatentering first-years may find college particularlystressful if they are unable to form new types ofsupport systems...
While coming to Harvard can be a humblingexperience, it can also threaten the confidenceand self-esteem that students possessed in theirold environment, Rothschild says...
According to Rothschild, all people will sinkinto depression given enough stress, some justmore readily than others. "After a while, abiological process kicks in, and after that itdoesn't matter if you remove the stressfulsituation," he says...
Mayr says one of his responsibilities was organizing Lord Rothschild's collection of 280,000 bird skins, which he calls "the best collection ever...