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...procrastination epidemic. Some may scoff at this characterization, claiming that everyone puts off until tomorrow what they should do today (bumper stickers and fortune cookies certainly reinforce this contention). But something about Harvard procrastination is different from real-world procrastination. In general, we Harvard students don’t wait until the last minute merely because we are lazy or busy; we wait until the last minute because we don’t have the necessary motivation to finish our largely asinine and tedious work otherwise. The challenge posed by intentionally limiting the amount of time to complete an assignment...
Avastin must now wait for approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which researchers expect will occur by the end of this year. The drug is not expected to be a cure for cancer—doctors hope instead that it could serve as a helpful accompaniment to traditional chemotherapy programs...
...Transportation Security Administration plans to eliminate 6,000 of its screeners by the end of September. The cuts are spurring security concerns and are likely to result in longer wait times at screening checkpoints...
...least you can get to those security lines faster. As electronic check-in spreads to more airports, the wait time at check-in counters is shrinking. And the process may get even easier. Las Vegas' McCarran Airport is about to unveil kiosks that issue boarding passes for multiple airlines...
...Then I had to sit back and wait, and hope the design would work,” Carlson said...