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...characterization of the "Gong Show" and Adams' "jingoistic residents" is quite ignorant of the conditions which excessive interhouse dining make for Adams residents. We have taken pride in the past in knowing, eating with, conversing with and socializing with Adamsians in classes above and below us. We have had scant opportunity to begin this social process in the dining hall. At lunch and dinner, half of the students eating in Adams are not House residents, and it is impossible to differentiate a House community in a place where one should indefatigably exist. Harvard is a community, and Adams...
...people may become sensitive to sunlight when using St. John's wort. It approves standardized doses of ginkgo extract but rejects nonstandard preparations made from whole leaves as untested and potentially hazardous. At the same time, it turns thumbs down on folk remedies like nutmeg for upset stomachs, noting scant evidence that it works and warning that large doses can cause hallucinations...
...offenses. So far, none of the star witnesses--Yeltsin and other Kremlin bosses--have shown up to testify, something Filimonov blames on his lack of subpoena power. Still, the committee has already voted on the first three counts, and Yeltsin has lost each time. While Filimonov concedes there's scant chance of removing Yeltsin, he has other plans: "At the very least, we're laying the groundwork for a case against the President once he retires...
Captain Scott Muoio and junior Dave Martin also harbor personal disappointments from last year's NCAAs. Martin missed out on qualifying by a scant few places, and Muoio was struck down with an unknown virus...
...bridge, along with the inscription, was built in 1913, a few scant months before an assassination of a dignitary in a foreign land would call Harvard students from their books to battle in the Great...