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Renovated in 1996 with a $7 million donation from philanthropist Katherine B. Loker, the basement space has since struggled to shed its reputation as a study space for students seeking to double-check problem sets and as a place to grab food...
...patrol leader gave the order to move, he was told that one of his men had left a camera - an item forbidden on patrols - in the pack he'd shed near the bush hides. In a move that was extremely complex in the circumstances, the leader decided to split the patrol and send three of the men to retrieve the pack. On the way down the hill, the trooper who'd left the camera souvenired a turban, a rifle and a magazine of bullets from a dead villager, against the express instructions of his patrol leader. When the patrol leader...
...statistical noise of their overall battle with the scale. If you become physically active, it's hard not to lose at least a little more than you gained, and that little can mean a lot. Normally the greatest weight-loss benefit comes from the first few pounds you shed. A 240-lb. man who drops to 230 lbs. is healthier for the 10 lbs. he lost. But the 10 lbs. he dropped from 250 to 240 may have benefited him even more. "Even the first 5% of weight you lose is very helpful," Cheskin says...
...great Harvard institution that doesn’t need me, nor any other individual, to have a diverse membership whose achievements have strongly influenced the arts and letters scene at Harvard for decades. I could try to be flattered by the fact that the article tries to shed a nice, charming light on me; however, this has been done at the expense of journalistic integrity, which is ultimately disrespectful to me, to the institution that I had the honor to represent in the past year, and most importantly, to the readers of the article...
...operative would be traveling to Mardan disguised as a burqa-clad woman. Because any plainclothesmen seen grabbing a woman would attract a hostile mob, the commandos had donned female garb and accosted the suspect as his motorcycle crossed a graveyard. When the fugitive fled through a wheatfield, the commandos shed their burqas and flip-flops and gave chase, eventually cornering him in a house a mile away. After police tossed in tear gas, the suspect, clutching his cell phone, surrendered without a fight...