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...forward, not having to play from behind again. We kind of put ourselves back on the top of the leader board in the Hay Division.”MOUNT OLIVE 3, HARVARD 1Despite the Crimson’s strong individual performances, Harvard fell just short of overcoming the Trojans, yielding in a close match, 26-30, 27-30, 32-30, 22-30.“The loss on Saturday didn’t seem to faze too many guys,” Weitzen said. “They just have a completely different style of volleyball than we?...
...unclear, but by the early 17th century the stage was set there for a vast expansionary phase in the potato's history. Despite being regularly denounced from pulpits because it was not mentioned in the Bible, this imported esculent (foodstuff) soon became a peasant favorite. Not only did it yield four times more calories per acre than grain, making it an essential insurance policy against famine; it also, as an underground crop, was less likely than stored grain to be looted by armies living off the land in those war-torn times...
...less fluent in speech by the time we're 5, romance takes a lot longer. Most Western romance research involves Western cultures, where things may move at a very different pace from that of, say, the Far East or the Muslim world. While not all of the studies yield universal truths, they all suggest that people are wired to pick up their love skills in very specific stages...
...same time, kids are learning something about sensual pleasures. They explore their bodies more, discovering that certain areas yield more electrifying feelings than others. This simultaneous emotional development and physical experience can lead to surprising behavior. "Three- and 4-year-olds are very sexual beings," says Gopnik, "and a lot of that is directed at their parents." Some of this can get generalized to other adults too, as when a small child develops a crush on a teacher or seems to flirt with an aunt or uncle. While a number of things are at work when this happens, the most...
...College has not yet projected yield for the incoming class, but even if Harvard continues to admit 2,100 freshmen as it has in years past, the admissions rate would plunge to 7.7 percent, down from 9.1 percent last year and 11.4 percent 10 years...