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...Archie C. Epps and L. Fred Jewett...
...there is no hope in sight that the administration will keep its promise of an open meeting. At a session of the Committee on College Life earlier this semester, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said he did not think a forum in Sanders Theater would be a good idea. But he added that if students said they wanted the meeting, an agreement could be worked...
Seniors were nominated on the basis of their grade point averages. Twelve seniors who joined the society last spring, two Harvard professors and Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57--chair of the Election Committee--reviewed transcripts and recommendations from the 48 men with the highest class rank...
...transport system's delicate balance can be upset by dietary indulgence. Take the case of a mythical glutton called Fred, who regularly gorges on porterhouse steak, French fries, ice cream and other foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol. Fred may feel great, but every time he eats, his bloodstream is flooded with fatty particles called chylomicrons, which transport triglycerides and cholesterol out of the intestines to the rest of | his body. Soon Fred's liver is busy mopping up chylomicrons and is unable to cope with excess LDL in the blood. The surfeit of cholesterol particles then begins circulating...
...Fred may be able to counter the effects of his gastric binges if he has enough of the HDL vigilantes in his blood. Largely produced in the liver and the intestines, these flat, disklike particles resemble "empty envelopes waiting to be filled," says Dr. Norman Miller, head of endocrinology at North Carolina's Bowman-Gray School of Medicine. As the VLDL and chylomicron particles unload their triglyceride cargoes into the body's cells, the particles become wrinkled like prunes. In the process, fragments containing proteins, fats and cholesterol break away. It is at this point that the unfilled HDL particles...