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...energy boosters throughout the night, and also strongly indicated a preference for name-brand over generic coffee. The cafe is one of several construction projects going on at Lamont this summer, including the replacement of heating and cooling equipment, removal and resetting of the outside steps, replacement of stair treads in four interior stairways, and renovation of the Woodberry Poetry Room. “It’s going to be a multi-million-dollar summer in Lamont,” Cline said. The cafe itself has a working budget of a million dollars or less, according to Cline...
...green clothes, and it certainly isn’t about the alcohol. It’s about proclaiming Erin Go Bragh—Ireland, and the Irish, Forever.—Tá Maitiu A. Ó Ceallaich ina chonaí i gCabot House. Foghlaíonn sé Stair agus Litríocht...
...walk in the park,” said Corey M. Rennell ’07, “gear czar” of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. To train for the climb, Osborne said he is going through intensive exercise in the gym such as biking and stair climbing. This summer, he will complete his final training at a camp in Colorado by going on long hikes carrying weights on his back. Above all, numerous hiking experiences have prepared Osborne for his face-off with Everest. Since 1999, when a friend first convinced him to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Osborne...
...John Ratey, co-author of the landmark Driven to Distraction, says seniors are often referred by their children in a "stair-step" sequence--first the grandchild is found to have ADD, then the parent and finally Grandma or Grandpa. Recalls Virginia Cooper, 73, who has a grandchild with ADHD: "My daughter said, 'Mother, I think you've got it.' And I said, 'Don't be ridiculous.' But then I read about it and realized that maybe she was right. I've always been distracted. I cannot stick to one thing. It's like somebody's changing channels in my brain...
Wendell Petersen, 61, stopped running long distances after he suffered a herniated disk. Marti Devore, 53, abandoned stair climbers and treadmills when she aggravated an old hip injury. Marilyn Franzen, 52, gave up racquetball and triathlons after three knee operations. As Petersen, Devore, Franzen and any other middle-aged fitness buff can tell you, the older you get, the more you have to deal with creaky and painful joints. But the benefits of exercise--from lower blood pressure to improved mood--are just too great to pass up. So most people who want to remain active eventually learn to accommodate...