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...Marcelle Shriver, an office manager and Army mom from Stratford, N.J., first advertised for Silly String donations in her church bulletin after her son called from Ramadi and mentioned how the Marine unit he was working with had passed on their tip to his combat engineers new to Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping the Troops | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...section, period? If venturing into public worries you because you are preoccupied with an perceived flaw in your appearance, a new Harvard study might help. Dr. Sabine Wilhelm, associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and founding director of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic and Research Unit at Mass. General Hospital, is currently recruiting subjects for the second phase of a clinical study testing the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating body dismorphic disorder (BDD). People with BDD often obsess over their physical appearance to an unhealthy extreme. Unlike eating disorders, which show a disproportionate incidence among...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall.... | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...does it work? Air conditioning relies on some form of heat exchange. In this case, it's a thermochemical one between water and salt that takes place in a vacuum. Water evaporating from a tank inside ClimateWell's refrigerator-size unit is absorbed by salt housed in a connected tank the water molecules can't resist sticking to the salt, turning it into a slurry. As water evaporates, it gives up energy, which is then released inside the salt tank. The result of the energy transfer: the water becomes colder as the salt heats up. Pipe water through the slurry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooled By Sun And Salt | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Though its energies remained fixed primarily on crime, the council also discussed financing public toilets for the city’s busier areas, especially Central Square—at a cost of around $90,000 per unit. Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio supported the measure, saying, “I hope that in the future, we’ll be looking towards Harvard Square as well...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KSG Lecturer Named in City Dispute | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Vaillancourt put the puck between Schaublin’s legs for the final score of the game. Cahow was pleased with how the team had coped with the losses of Chu and Wilson. “All season long it’s been about making the team unit work as a whole instead of going for individual stuff,” she said. “We have so much firepower on this team, we’re getting points from everyone...

Author: By Tyler D. Sipprelle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Double Vision: Kessler’s steady hand, offensive pressure help Crimson top Duluth | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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