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...this birth--the first of its kind in the U.S. and one of the first in the world--wasn't just any breakthrough. A woman's eggs are more fragile than a man's sperm, and over the years, attempts to freeze and thaw them have almost always ended in failure. R.B.A.'s success, though it may not have been quite as dramatic as the birth of septuplets, within days had made headlines all over the world. Within weeks, the Atlanta clinic had fielded calls from fertility experts and infertile couples as far away as England and Germany...
...sure, there are other genres of retro-bike. Not to be overlooked is the too-small banana seater that has sparklies somewhere on the frame. This type of bike is most often seen parked near WHRB or emerging from the snow after a thaw. And, there is the friendly, "creative retro-bike" with flowers painted on it. This rarity has only one member on campus and it is always parked in front of DeWolfe. Above and beyond the retro-bike, transcending the style capacity of most, is the motorized scooter. This is reserved for the select few. It's something...
Colebrook, just 10 miles south of the Canadian border, is a town of 2,500 people, almost all of whom are friendly, almost all of whom are reserved. It is a town that pops up periodically in the national news: this is where Harry K. Thaw was captured after murdering Stanford White in 1906; this is where millionaire murderer Christopher Wilder killed himself in 1984 after being cornered by police; east of town in Dixville Notch is where the nation's first votes are cast every four years. Ordinarily, though, the biggest events in town are the Blessing...
...smells like. It is an exercise in stream of consciousness for my students at Long Island University's Southampton College. The school is small and unadorned, spread out on a rise overlooking a bay; it is about to come in to flowers of its own in the reluctant spring thaw...
...dozens to a deliciously informal feast and pulled together the community. After the dinner, students dispersed in groups, chatting together as they headed back to their dorms under the fluorescent lights of the yard. As they discussed blocking groups and upcoming papers, the first year formal and the winter thaw, they unknowingly took part in the most valuable--and yes, religious--interchange Harvard can offer...