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University officials attributed the yo-yo effects of Harvard's endowment to stock market turmoil, not changes in alumni giving or troubles in the $2.1 billion capital campaign...
Vignettes pop up. The sound of music throughoutwarm June weeks as one editor tape-recorded (verynew then) stacks of borrowed records so he couldtake home an instant music library afterCommencement. The editor who was rarely seenwithout a yo-yo; the senior who spent, or so hesaid, a whole term in the stacks of WidenerLibrary, working out a system to beat the horses.Endless poker games...
...anytime, day or night.'" Those conversations, which were frequent and interminable, abated last week, but the strain the war has taken on Clinton isn't hard to see. During Thursday night's state dinner for Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, Clinton dueled with drowsiness, rubbing his eyes as cellist Yo-Yo Ma played a spirited Gershwin tune...
...three couples on stage, accompanied by Schumann's Five Pieces in Folk Style, and shows them not getting along. Sometimes they grumble, sometimes they quarrel--and every once in a while they waltz, gently and sadly. Performed in New York City by a high-class cast, including Morris, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Argument shows that the erstwhile bad boy of modern dance just keeps getting better...
...YO-YO, NO Losing weight and then gaining it back is not just frustrating, it may be downright harmful. Data on 47,000 women show that yo-yo dieting can increase the risk of gallstones. Women who put on and take off 10 to 19 lbs. are 16% more likely to require gallstone surgery; at 20 lbs. or more, the risk shoots up 68%. Gallstones are usually made of cholesterol, which may be affected by fluctuations in weight...