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...Even if we studied in advance, we wouldn’t get enough sleep. Many of us have poured our wallets and our hearts into the campaigns,” Milder said. “From an emotional standpoint, we would not be in the best condition to take a test mere hours after a favored candidate lost...

Author: By Michael F. Chion, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Exams May Spoil Election Night | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

Knowing the Red Sox secured a World Series win, many students were relieved that they could finally get some sound sleep. Others, however, could not let go of the excitement...

Author: By Michael F. Chion, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: At Last, Sox Take Series | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

...Core classes. He is distinguished by his coursepack, the pages of which are colored neon green and orange. When his hands aren’t raised, his grubby paws clasp either a highlighter or pound against the keyboard of his Apple PowerBook. This student arrives on time, sacrifices sleep in the name of impressing the teacher, but still earns a B+ on the midterm like everyone else. Muhaha...

Author: By William L. Adams, | Title: The People in My Section | 10/27/2004 | See Source »

...only are troodontids very closely related to birds," says Norell, "but this particular one is in a stereotypical resting pose of birds." The sleeping dragon was found sitting on its hindlimbs, its forelimbs folded at its side, its head tucked under its left elbow and its long tail curled around its body. Experts believe modern birds sleep in a similar position to conserve heat; presumably Mei long did too, which suggests that the animal was warm-blooded. If that was the case, says Norell, it also offers an explanation for feathers: "It's likely they first evolved for insulation rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paleontology: Dinosaur Tales | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

Every year for the week before the Harvard-Yale regatta the heavyweight team makes its way to a special training camp, Red Top, in New London, Conn., where all the rowers do for a week is eat, sleep and row. The lightweights, who race against the Bulldogs and Princeton earlier in the year, don’t get to be a part of that bonding, and sometimes feel a bit left out of the festivities...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weight Watchers | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

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