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...whole ride. Thus it’s really no wonder we’re left worked-up at the end of each week. It’s more than understandable that here at Harvard we need time to go out, loosen up, and to rage... against a particular machine. Victoria Ilyinsky ’07 is a Romance languages and literatures concentrator in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays...
...emotions that are eerily familiar. That's why we delight in seeing chimps wearing tuxedos, playing the drums or riding bicycles. It's why a potbellied gorilla scratching itself in the zoo reminds us of Uncle Ralph or Cousin Vinnie--and why, in a more unsettled reaction, Queen Victoria, on seeing an orangutan named Jenny at the London Zoo in 1842, declared the beast "frightful and painfully and disagreeably human...
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...effect on weight, doing a little more exercise will probably improve health. But dieting is more problematic. As most people who've tried it will attest, dieting with a goal of achieving lasting weight loss is all but guaranteed to fail. According to the Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria, 95% of people who go on weight-loss diets regain everything they've lost and more within two years. But why? Do all these people lack self-control? Highly unlikely. Proponents of the set-point theory argue that everyone's body is biologically programmed to stay around a certain weight...
DESIGN-HAPPY wunderstore Target has brought yet more affordable home-dcor must-haves to the market this month with the introduction of a new collection by Victoria Hagan, a New York City--based interior designer. Victoria Hagan Perfect Pieces features tabletop accessories and furniture inspired by Hagan's love of country style, including signature details like brass fittings and studded nail trims. In-store products include mirrors and pillows, while target.com carries other items like trunks and coffee tables. The name of the collection comes from Hagan's idea that small changes with small pieces can make a room...