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...Chemistry,” I dejectedly replied, knowing that, with one fell swoop, I had brought that flirting ritual to a halt...
...sober, late-night Kong infatuation aside (how did he always know I was going home to eat alone and study until I fell asleep on my Orgo textbook?), I like to consider myself a “normal” now, no longer a nerd, who has to compensate for her dorky major. Proof? I’m now an Economics major. I wear contacts. I generally shower once a day. It’s hard to say whether the concentration switch triggered my nerd-to-normal switch (indulge me for a second and let me believe this switch...
...tell, those efforts seem to be working well: Although Harvard’s fundraising in general fell by eight percent in the last fiscal year, unrestricted gifts rose by 38 percent...
...evening produced a sweep for the Republicans in the two most closely watched races. In New Jersey, a state that Barack Obama had carried by 15 percentage points last year, unpopular incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine fell to Republican Chris Christie, a former U.S. Attorney. It marked the first time in 12 years that New Jersey has elected a Republican statewide. In Virginia, Bob McDonnell, a former state attorney general, handily defeated Democratic State Senator Creigh Deeds for governor; meanwhile, GOP victories down the Virginia ballot brought to a halt the gains that Democrats had made over the past...
...Sassi (or the Stones), a dramatic enclave of Paleolithic cave dwellings and medieval houses dug into the rock. They were inhabited until the 1950s - when the government evacuated the last impoverished tenants who still shared cramped, unventilated quarters with farm animals - and the Sassi's labyrinthine staircases and alleys fell into decline. (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...