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...Guyuron team's most interesting findings had to do with weight. Many of the twin pairs were of similar weight, but differences in how old they looked began to appear when one had a body mass index (BMI) at least four points higher than the twin sibling. For twin pairs under 40, the heavier one looked significantly older. But surprisingly, after 40, that same four-point difference in BMI made the heavier twin look significantly younger. (Read "Aging Gracefully...
Guyuron doesn't recommend that people gain weight just to look younger, and one limitation of his study is that the Twinsburg photos included only faces. If they had shown the whole body, the judges may have knocked a couple of years off the age estimates of those who had kept a youthful figure - and added a couple of years for those who were well fed in the middle...
...School of Education’s “Arts in Education” program.Others were ready to give Faust credit for improving the arts’ profile on campus. According to Office of Career Services Interim Director Robin Mount, the OCS is diversifying its programming to place less weight on finance and consulting. Mount said that Faust’s influence helped spur the changes.—Staff writer Alex M. McLeese can be reached at amcleese@fas.harvard.edu...
...race would be decided in the last 800 meters,” Gillepsie said. “So we just had to be there and get ready to go.”Other notable events in the men’s events were the mile, 1000-meter, and weight throw. Dan Chenoweth continued his strong sophomore campaign, winning the mile with a meet-record time of 4:13.23. Freshman Darcy Wilson also stepped up for the Crimson by winning his first event of his career in the 1000 meter, clocking in at 2:29.83. It was also important for Harvard...
...Biggie himself would probably tell you that he wasn’t a great man so much as he was a great rapper. At least the filmmakers chose a rapper—if not a great one—to portray Wallace. Jamal Woolard, a.k.a. Gravy, brings weight to the role (he gained 100 pounds to equal the heft of 300-plus-pounder Biggie) if not always the proper gravitas. And while he may not have Wallace’s deep voice or charisma, he often nails the cadences of Biggie’s flow and delivers a convincing...