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The freshmen have already demonstrated a strong interest in fashion. The class was due to start on February 2, but was postponed for one week to accommodate the unexpected number of applicants. Originally designed for 12 to 15 students, enrollment will probably be capped at 20 to 25, according to...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Latest FDO Trend: Breeding Freshman Fashion Lovers | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

In infants under a year old, SIDS manifests as an unexpected and sudden death that cannot be explained by autopsy or death scene investigation. The study discovered that children who die from this syndrome exhibit abnormalities in brainstem control of autonomic functions, such as breathing and heart rate regulation.

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Explains Infant Death | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

It's tempting to see it that way. There has been much talk of China ruling the world and the clash of civilizations this would prompt. Much has been made of the notion that Chinese leaders have been showing an unexpected cockiness vis-à-vis the U.S. of late, tightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China and the U.S.: Too Big to Fail | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

O’Connor, who plays the mandolin, notes that bluegrass is one of the few subsets of American folk music that was largely pioneered by one person. Mandolin player Bill Monroe formed the Blue Grass Boys in 1939, and was later joined by banjoist Earl Scruggs and singer/guitarist Lester...

Author: By Matthew H. Coogan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bluegrass Educates with Sound of Music | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

But the structural level is just where his language begins to break down. The thrill of the Nabokovian sentence lies in its intense compression, that hyper-compacted poetry of the apposite adjective or unexpected metaphor that separates it from the more loosely polemical Russian literary tradition. It’s...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nabokov's 'Original of Laura' Remains Unpolished | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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