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...There's no question that the worsening economy is prompting some belt-tightening in the entertainment industry. NBC Universal is cutting $500 million from next year's budget and Viacom's Paramount Pictures is shrinking its slate from 25 movies a year to 20. But how bad the industry is hurt and which sectors are hit hardest will depend in part on an important calculation that consumers make - how much is an hour of fun worth...
...heading into the playoffs. We needed it to put us in a good position to succeed at Northerns,” Tune said.By extending its unbeaten streak to six straight against the Knights, Harvard was able to show its potential against ECAC foes as it prepares for the clean slate of the Northern Championships.Although the Crimson could not build on Saturday’s success to break its own nine-game losing streak against the No. 14 Terriers, the weekend split still marked an improvement over recent struggles.With the celebratory mood of Senior Day intact, the Crimson will look...
...even inspires returning varsity rowers,” he added.Schreck added that one of the best aspects of rowing was the equal opportunity it gave all team members each year to move into any boat through hard work and improvement.“It’s a clean slate every year, which is something we appreciate,” he said. “That competitive attitude will really drive motivation throughout the year.”French and Bucke agreed that it is a very different feeling being part of the varsity squad...
Excrement. Stool. Defecation. S___. This unlikely tour of the underworld of human waste grew out of the author's 2006 series on sewage for the online magazine Slate. George, an accomplished London-based writer, has inarguably hit on an important topic. As many as 2.6 billion people lack sanitation--meaning no access to a latrine, a toilet, a bucket or even a box. The health consequences are, not surprisingly, catastrophic: "A gram of feces," George writes, "can contain 10 million viruses, 1 million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 worm eggs." The privileged Westerner winces. Yet in an upbeat...
Given the overwhelming slate of potential harm, the aim of the study was to identify early predictors of victimization, along with behavioral interventions that may prevent it. The bulk of past research on the matter involved primary-school-age children, says Michel Boivin, a psychologist at Université Laval in Québec, Canada, and a co-author of the study; the new research tracks behavior in very young kids - as early as those in pre-preschool, when children first begin interacting with one another socially...