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...This research may yield basic insight into how to create replacement organs, or even a new approach at replacing a soldier’s [blood cell producing] system” he said, adding that such technology would have broad implications not limited to treating war wounds...
...homeschooled since kindergarten and received perfect scores on both the SAT and the ACT. Link spends much of her time practicing harp and won an international title in Ireland last year.DEFINITELY LIKELYAs an academic and athletic recruiting tactic, likely letters seem to do their job. Fitzsimmons says that the yield is about the same as Harvard’s overall yield, which in recent years has been just shy of 80 percent. This figure is notable since likely letter recipients are seen as particularly appealing candidates, who are even more apt than other applicants to be weighing Harvard?...
...consequences fo the food industry: it’s more expensive to plant, harvest, ship, cook and heat facilities. Populations in countries like India and China are becoming wealthier and eating more meat. Since animals are higher on the food chain, it takes more pure vegetation to yield the same number of calories in meat-form than it would by consuming the plants themselves. This puts a strain on the global demand for plant matter. But far and away, the culprit for these soaring prices is corn. Last year, 20 percent of the crop was siphoned off to make ethanol...
...such vastly different worlds than we do. The nature of individual action—and, by the same token, the nature of modern life—must always be an enigma for others to scrutinize endlessly in recordings. However, the external description, while allowing for unknown motives, fails to yield realistic characters. This is a natural, if unhelpful, aspect of the world as seen through the camera’s lens: there can be no interiority. Studying a replayed moment in time may have its fascinating qualities, but it ultimately proves unsatisfying to be trapped in an infinite loop...
...addition, this year is the first in which applicants have not had the opportunity to apply early to Harvard. Fitzsimmons said that the single-deadline program could depress the yield if more students choose competing schools that still have an early program...