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STEVE JOBS Mercurial founder is last hope to reboot Apple and stave off Microsoft's 1,000-year reign...
Yale officials won a symbolic victory on Monday in their six-year battle to stave off a graduate student union, the Graduate Employees and Student Organization (GESO), at the university...
...study shows post-menopausal women who take estrogen can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's by 54 percent. The 16-year study, conducted by Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the National Institute of Aging, found that estrogen, natural levels of which drop sharply after menopause, may stave off Alzheimer's by stimulating the growth of nerve cells and inhibiting the production of apolipoprotein E, a fatty acid linked to the brain disorder. Scientists also think the hormone helps increase levels of acetylcholine, a crucial transmitter of nerve messages in the brain. The finding helps to support previous indications that...
Cornell rebounded to stave off Dartmouth but Harvard (4-1 in the league) leaped ahead of the Big Red (3-1-1) in the Ivy standings by defeating Princeton, 2-0, on Oct. 26. The men's soccer team paralleled its football counterparts, as both shut out the Tigers on the same...
Similarly, in Harvard's early days students would do almost anything to avoid finals. As early as 1791, students were engaging in pranks such as secretly mixing emetic into the communal breakfast pot in order to stave off exams...