Word: shock
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...October disaster, their village was completely wiped out. But the earthquake did not hit as close to home for everyone at Harvard. “People were like, ‘What earthquake?’” Mir says. “That was a huge shock.” To keep them thinking, Mir and a coalition of other student groups have employed an unlikely weapon: comedy. After a rocky semester-long push to raise awareness and funds, a coalition of student groups will end their relief efforts this Saturday night with “Comedy...
...alumnus at both institutions, Baker, 66, was the great-grandson of George F. Baker, a former president of the First National Bank of New York whose $5 million donation in 1924 was crucial to the construction of the HBS campus.News of Baker’s disappearance came as a shock to members of the HBS community. Baker had been a friend of the past two deans as well as current acting dean Jay O. Light and served on several committees, according to HBS spokesman James E. Aisner ’68.“There’s a very...
...increasing availability of defibrillators in homes and businesses adds another wrinkle to the rules. Previously, it was recommended that if you have a defibrillator nearby, three bursts of electricity be given sequentially, followed by CPR. Now just one shock is recommended, followed by CPR for 2 min. before another shock is given and so on. Remember, the emphasis is more on the chest compressions...
...property. The cold temperature—a frigid 12 degrees—also affected the operation, reported Gialanis. Two firemen were sent to Mt. Auburn hospital after slipping on the ice. The injuries were not life-threatening, but will put the firefighters out of commission for weeks. Neighbors expressed shock at the tragedy. “It was very cold that night,” said neighbor Martin Annis, an inventor who owns the Cambridge-based AnnisTech. “At the beginning of the fire it was sort of smoking and then later on it flared up. There must...
...anonymous. But senior point guard Laura Robinson, Harvard’s sixth man a year ago, is shedding that anonymity with deadly accuracy from the perimeter and Delaney-Smith’s go-ahead to make things happen from the point.“Laura Robinson will shock you with where she is with her game right now,” Delaney-Smith said in the weeks leading up to the season opener. Delaney-Smith turned out to be quite the prognosticator: in four games, Robinson is averaging 11.3 points per game—six higher than her clip...