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...lucky to get this job. Sebastián was initially third in line for OEB 51, but by some stroke of luck, the first two applicants dropped. And he needs the money...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Baby Balancing Act | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...Lansing Community College, this new and very targeted money-back guarantee may be a stroke of marketing genius. The school will get to pick from qualified applicants, and may induce some people who never thought of themselves as college material to sign up for classes at Lansing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A College Guarantees Job Offers — or Else a Refund | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

Humans can't live without salt, but most Americans could do with far less of it. On average, they consume roughly twice the amount their bodies need. All that gorging has boosted rates of hypertension, heart disease and stroke, costing the U.S. up to $24 billion in health care costs and 150,000 lives every year. Amid growing public-health concern, PepsiCo announced plans to introduce a "designer salt" (its crystals are shaped in a way that wrings more taste out of smaller amounts) that will reduce the sodium in Lay's Classic potato chips and other snacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Salt in U.S. Food | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Presumably, the Harvard men’s golf team doesn’t have Tiger Woods’s infidelity problems, but, unfortunately, neither did it have his sweet stroke this weekend...

Author: By Catherine E. Coppinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men’s Golf Slips Up In First Tourney | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...outset of Saturday’s varsity eight race, the Hoyas matched the Black and White stroke-for-stroke, building an early lead. But Radcliffe eventually established its rhythm on the water, enabling it to come back to seize victory with a 7:24.5 finish. Georgetown clocked in five seconds behind...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Lightweights Shine in Win Over Hoyas | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

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