Word: sac
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Surprise, surprise. Right here on campus, a student-run group bucked such expectations and sponsored and event that directly contradicts the organization's mandate. The Student Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations funded a speech two weeks ago by Conrad L. Muhammad, national student representatives of the Nation of Islam...
...Whiplash Liquor" celebrates the wild, weekend parties of high school. In this ode to "rock n'roll in the cul-de-sac," Ugly Kid Joe also offers a light hearted explanation of just who they really are: "Suburban white alcoholic trash/We ain't glam and we ain't thrash/We're victims of a society/That fucks with me about sobriety...
...Bear's Place-at 10 Brookline St. in Cambridge. Thursday: TBA with Tony Mammone, Cul-de-Sac and Dredd Foole. Friday: Fatima Mansions with Live and The Stand. Saturday: TBA with Sidewalk Gallery and Life In Between. Sunday: Flour with Steve Albini and Arc Welder and Brick Layer Cake...
...limited supply of eggs is believed to be a chief reason that fertility decreases with age. Each month, starting at puberty, hundreds of eggs begin the maturation process. One of them, growing in a fluid-filled sac called the follicle, quickly establishes itself as the first among equals. In a normal cycle, only that single egg will be released to the Fallopian tubes for possible fertilization. About 1,000 more will wither away and disappear. So although a woman may have 400,000 eggs to start with, the number she can effectively use is closer...
...offer yet another way to help infertile couples. It had long been assumed that there was no communication between egg and sperm until they collided in the Fallopian tube. But by closely watching the behavior of sperm in test tubes containing the fluid from an egg's follicular sac, an interesting effect was observed. A small number of sperm seemed to change their swimming patterns in response to chemicals secreted by the egg or cells around...