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Soheyla D. Gharib, the chief of medicine at Harvard University Health Services, said she has seen a slight decline in the number of students coming into the clinic with flu-like symptoms. She added, however, that the downturn could be due to the beginning of reading and exam period, when students are often too busy to visit...
...We’re trying to get her feeling better,” Bajwa said. “She still has a slight muscle strain in the back, so we don’t want her back too soon. We want her back in full force when she’s ready...
...next section - popular chocolates shaped like triangles or trapezoids - the Kit Kat from Nestlé just beat out Hershey's Kisses, an entrant at a slight disadvantage because voters had to imagine how they tasted after the local convenience store sold out of them. (That may have been for the best: TIME's test generated a deluge of opinions about where the best chocolate comes from. The bottom line on the Old World side of the Atlantic: big selling American chocolate is sour, powdery and generally inferior to European chocolate...
Thursday’s rally promises a mixture of student performances, a “hotdog bulldog eating contest”, and a slight variation on the standard HUDS spread, a move College Events Board Vice-Chair James A. McFadden ’10 said administrators thought was necessary at an event where students might be drinking. So should you decide to get sloshed Thursday, there will be free mac and cheese, clam chowder, and Boloco on hand at the Yard...
Alternating horn and flute solos were tonally layered upon high woodwind accompaniment, providing colorful interludes between the serene string passages. In a slight lull, the ensemble reached a plateau halfway through and wandered a little too much under Luisi’s distinctly European conducting, with more reserved gestures as its stylistic marker. The absence of the BSO’s regular concertmaster may also have contributed to a rather half-hearted string ensemble...