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...problems stem from the fact that likely letters are generated based on a spoken commitment exchanged by coaches and athletes. Though the majority of Ivy recruits keep their word, some players and parents make multiple verbal commitments, often because coaches pressure them to make a decision prematurely. This pressure leads to all sorts of dirty gamesmanship between schools. For instance, some coaches offer likely letters with an arbitrary deadline in order to force a decision from an athlete or only if a player cancels an official visit or withdraws an application to another school. Other coaches ignore verbal commitments altogether...
Susan Kurz believes�the skin is like a plant. "The epidermis is the root, the dermis is the stem and leaf, and the subcutaneous is the seed and flower," explains the president of Dr. Hauschka Skin Care, which combines pharmaceutical technology and traditional herbal preparations with a holistic approach to healing the skin by supporting its natural functions...
...Perhaps his most humorous story concerns Robert Clarke, “a young and promising Civilian in Kashmir.” The strapping young man became romantically involved with Mrs. George Howard, the widow of the chaplain from the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment. Clarke’s problems, however, stem from his relationship with Mrs. Howard’s daughter who was “decidedly big for her age and very good looking...
...dominated by autobody repair shops, industrial railyards, and fast-food franchises. Businesses like Pepsi, Kmart, and WGBH, which previously occupied the land, are vacating the premises as Harvard prepares to break ground on its first building—a 500,000 square foot science complex that will house the Stem Cell Institute. The Institute will be located across from Charlesview on Western Ave.But as Harvard and Boston officials relentlessly promote the economic benefits the University will bring to the area—1,000 new jobs at the science center alone—it is easy to overlook the people...
...could be years before any of those approaches yields an approved treatment. But interest in the field is growing rapidly, thanks in part, paradoxically, to President George W. Bush's restrictions on embryonic-stem-cell research. Some of the federal funds that might otherwise have gone to embryonic stem cells could be finding their way into cancer-stem-cell studies. "Don't expect anything before five years," says Weissman, "but be angry if you don't see anything in 15 years." Cancer patients, mark your calendars...