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...Given the immensity of the crisis, a Congress-approved bailout may be just a short-term fix. But a short-term fix is better than no fix. If nothing else, it would signal to the world that - unlike in 1930 - the U.S. is doing what it can to avoid financial calamity and sidestep Depression...
...time when the promise of biomedical research has never been greater, our nation risks sending a signal to our best and brightest young researchers that the funds won’t be there to support their hugely important career pursuits,” Faust said in her welcoming remarks...
...Harvard had just completed a 15-play, 75-yard drive that culminated in a 3-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Liam O’Hagan to an open Matt Luft in the back of the endzone. O’Hagan’s entrance also signalled the end of an impressive outing for starting signal-caller Chris Pizzotti, who completed 25-of-45 passes for 320 yards and two touchdowns to go with no interceptions.The starter began the game on a tear, completing nine of his first 10 passes for 163 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown strike...
...leader.” One of those weapons is classmate O’Hagan, an experienced passer with fancier feet—he’s rushed for 749 yards and 10 touchdowns, in addition to his 23 passing scores, in his career. But the talent of the backup signal caller won’t completely go to waste, as fans will be sure to see O’Hagan in for special packages much like those sophomore Collier Winters played a part in last fall—particularly red zone opportunities where a mobile quarterback would be useful...
...neural waxing and waning alters not the number of nerve cells but the number of connections, or synapses, between them. When a child is between the ages of 6 and 12, the neurons grow bushier, each making dozens of connections to other neurons and creating new pathways for nerve signals. The thickening of all this gray matter - the neurons and their branchlike dendrites - peaks when girls are about 11 and boys 12 1/2, at which point a serious round of pruning is under way. Gray matter is thinned out at a rate of about 0.7% a year, tapering...