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...phobias are not that unusual. According to a study published in 2008 by the National Institute of Mental Health, 8.7% of people in the U.S. over the age of 18 have a specific phobia of some kind or other. It doesn't take much to set mine off. A swig from a water bottle can do it, or someone chewing gum. Every morning when I get on the subway, I scan the passengers like an air marshal looking for terrorists. At any moment, somebody could whip out a bagel or a danish. I do well in restaurants, where there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Overcoming Phobias Can Be So Daunting | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

...allowed to do anything but pull hair," Biden said. But for the casualties, too bad there's no such thing as magical healing (a flick of a wand, a swig of potion, and Harry's always good...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: Harvard beats Yale—The (Quidditch) Game | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...allowed to do anything but pull hair," Biden said. But for the casualties, too bad there's no such thing as magical healing (a flick of a wand, a swig of potion, and Harry's always good...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: Harvard beats Yale—The (Quidditch) Game | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...hour hand hits 11. After class, he’s immediately surrounded by a small swarm of students. He takes a swig of Peet’s Coffee. He makes his way out with one student glued to his elbow, glowing about how “academically yummy” today’s lesson...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors Who Rock Harvard | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...their questions, giving an occasional laugh. Finally, I caught a question about having a glass of something and primitively signaled my thirst with a quick head nod. Claudia, my host mother, explained what she was giving me. It resembled lemonade, so I pretended to understand and took a huge swig...

Author: By D. PATRICK Knoth | Title: No Entiendo | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

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