Word: strike
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...Thought to strike about 1% of adults, bipolar can look a lot like depression even to the trained eye. Though it's defined by almighty shifts in mood-from sad and hopeless to mania, in which irrational thoughts and impulses run amok - bipolar sufferers tend to spend much more time in an emotional black hole and may consult a doctor before they've experienced a high. In these cases, a misdiagnosis of depression happens a lot, says Malhi, and that's a problem because bipolar is "a totally different condition" requiring different treatment...
...quick start and a game-winning strike from senior midfielder Carle Stenmark with 1:05 left in the first overtime gave the Crimson (1-4, 1-0 Ivy) a 7-6 win over Penn (4-3, 1-1 Ivy) in front of 1,020 fans in the season’s last game at Jordan Field...
Fakhruddin Ahmed doesn't strike you as a tough guy. He's mild mannered and academic in the way you might expect of an economist who has previously served as a central banker and a World Bank bureaucrat. He talks about spending time with his family and watching movies with his wife. He uses words like "epistemologically" and "baneful." But, as Bangladesh's current boss, the 66-year-old Ahmed is showing a steely resolve. Beginning last October, the capital Dhaka was struck by violent street clashes between rival supporters of outgoing Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
...students en masse decide to just say no to facebook, I’ll continue to advertise my love for Blue Oyster Cult and figure out how to bump into the love of my life (perhaps right after he finishes “Morality and Taboo”) and strike up a conversation about Bob Dylan, beach volleyball, or “Seinfeld...
Thankfully, no preemptive strike was made, but it did make me think: Why take your house fealty to such obnoxious levels? Part of enjoying your Harvard experience is embracing its innate positives, not the reasons why you’re so much better than everyone else. By all means, display your House pride boldly, but don’t be an insufferable goon...