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This is not an isolated case. Unbeknownst to most students, over a hundred security guards have seen their jobs outsourced and their union quietly crushed over the past decade...
...Unbeknownst to the specialists, Binckley had been spending every waking moment obsessing about food, her weight and ways to avoid eating. At times she consumed only 300 to 500 calories a day. She exercised compulsively, waking at 4 a.m. to take three-hour walks near her home in suburban Philadelphia. All that behavior is typical of patients with the eating disorder anorexia. But her doctors missed the symptoms because, she says, none of them had ever asked Binckley about her diet and lifestyle...
...Unbeknownst to many of the freshmen eating dinner this past Sunday in nearby Annenberg, Sanders Theater housed a benefit show hosted by Harvard’s Sangeet. The show, an attempt to increase awareness of South Asian music and art, featured Pandit Jasraj, a legend of North Indian Hindustani classical music. Jasraj performed before a captivated crowd, singing in Hindi and displaying his incredible vocal range. The show began with a standing ovation from the expectant audience who, despite the near half-hour delay, were still enthusiastic. He then sought the audience’s prayers for a successful performance...
...unbeknownst to the teens and their families, there was a hidden witness to the race. A palm-size microcomputer, embedded in the Corvette's air-bag system, revealed that the car was traveling 139 m.p.h. The data, downloaded by police after the vehicle was impounded, convinced a grand jury to indict the youths on murder charges, based on "depraved indifference to human life." In the end, they pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault, and are now serving a three-year prison term. "The minute the prosecutors had the speed from the 'black box,' they upped the charges to murder," says...
...East Coast?’” Averell recounted. “‘You wouldn’t be here unless you got eliminated!’ The more and more I denied it, the more she thought I was eliminated.” Unbeknownst to his mother Betty, Averell had successfully completed 13 episodes worth of international travel challenges alongside his teammate and best friend, Tyler Macniven. In reward for their victory on the hit reality TV series, both men have received $500,000. Averell, known in his time at Harvard for wild improvisational comedy shows...