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...there I’ll be competing for a roster spot.” And how did the athlete celebrate the certainty of his future he has been waiting months to hear? By writing a paper that was due yesterday. Dawson’s life as a pro athlete begins this Thursday as he travels to Indianapolis for next weekend’s mini camp, where he can begin to showcase his abilities. He then plans to return to Cambridge for reading period, exams, and graduation before joining the Colts for what he hopes will be a longer stay. Dawson...
...When a hotshot young professor of biology named Nick (Jack E. Fishburn ’08) and his mousy wife Honey (Elyssa Jakim ’10) move into town, Martha invites them over for some drinks. What begins as an awkward gathering explodes into a game of deceit, violence, and debauchery as Martha and George begin to unveil the dark secrets of their marriage...
...true tragedy of Iraq is that it didn't have to be this way. I can't begin to say with absolute clarity how things might have worked out, but I have to believe that if we had been more adept at not alienating entire sectors of the Iraqi population and elites; if we had been smarter at the front end; if we had thought about reconstruction from the perspective of how much money we could put in people's hands so that they would know they had a steady stream of income; if we had figured...
...Stone Cold” Steve Austin was not wild, not combative—nothing like his on-screen personae. Instead, he talked at length about the peace and happiness he’s found in his post-wrestling life, and spoke humbly about his hopes to begin a career in film...
...screen patients’ entire genome for gene variants that predispose us for certain diseases—instead of ordering a volley of individual (read: expensive) tests for different disorders. Women who carry a gene variant known to increase breast cancer risk, for example, would be able to begin mammograms earlier in life. Second, it would allow physicians to personalize medical treatments. In a few cases, this is already possible. The breast cancer drug Tamoxifen is much more effective in individuals who produce a certain protein that digests drugs in a certain way. Treatments based on the DNA you carry...