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...next morning, however, promises a somewhat stiffer test. In the opening game of a doubleheader, Harvard will take on a battle-tested Cal-Poly team, 10-9 through 19 games played, and one of its pair of top-flight hurlers. Eva Nelson and Robyn Kontra both sport ERAs under 1.50 and between them have pitched every inning for the Mustangs this year...
They wrote them off as ‘Jennys’, a term referring to the sarcastic and studious heroine of the popular movie Love Story. Sometimes, the stereotype was true. The women beat far stiffer admissions competition; Harvard matriculated four times as many students as Radcliffe and Radcliffe’s admissions officers placed a stronger emphasis on grade point average. “Women were admitted to Radcliffe by a really different formula, a different philosophy,” says Director of Admissions Marilyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, who used to work...
...high level of tennis was a good sign for Harvard, considering that it will face much stiffer competition in Madison. Among the teams present will be all four of the semifinalists from last year’s NCAA Championships...
...health and scaring companies out of the programs altogether. Among the tough measures she has proposed: a 58% hike in insurance premiums that private pension sponsors must pay. The Bush Administration also suggested a seven-year deadline for all pensions to be fully funded and called for even stiffer premiums for companies whose plans are in the worst shape. "A lot of companies are looking to get out of these plans anyway," says Dan McGinn, a pension consultant in Anaheim, Calif. "This might be just the prod they need...
...rises and falls. The arteries, which are a type of muscle, even pulse to help keep blood moving along. But the fibers that make up the scaffolding of the vessel walls can take only so much flexing. As we age, the rubbery tissue slowly gets replaced with stiffer collagen. The vessels don't expand as well anymore, but the blood keeps rushing through at the same rate, increasing the pressure. The higher the pressure climbs, the more punishment the walls take, and the more collagen is added. "The vessel wall becomes almost like concrete," says Dr. Michael Weber, a past...