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Fortunately, the immune systems of most healthy adults are strong enough to successfully eliminate Cyclospora infections after several weeks. But doctors can shorten the length of the illness considerably by treating patients with strong antibiotics. So if you have diarrhea that persists for more than a couple of days or that recurs after a few days, see your doctor as soon as possible. And don't forget to wash those strawberries...
Emil Zatopek, the great Czech distance runner, once said, "The Olympics are the one true time." The passage isn't measured in seconds or minutes or days or even the fortnight in which the Games are held. The one true time is the length of the dream, the years of training and striving for just the chance at a gold medal. So while we remember gold medalists like Zatopek, we shouldn't forget the men and women who pushed them to greatness. In the past year, photographer David Burnett has staked out various events for Olympic hopefuls in order...
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of the new deal is its length. The five-year pact is the longest in the 60 years that Harvard's dining services workers have been unionized, according to Domenic M. Bozzotto, president of Hotel Workers Local 26, which represents the 554 dining services employees. Normally, dining services workers sign three-year deals, Bozzotto said...
...that Compton Cup, the Crimson held a half-length lead with 700 meters to go, but a strong Tiger push put the outcome in jeopardy...
...about improving his chances for admission, he received terse written replies from Swarthmore and Yale. But from Harvard, he received an hour-long telephone call from Rosemary Green, director of transfer admissions. Green encouraged Capello to broaden his transcript with more liberal arts courses, and spoke with him at length about admissions procedures. "I felt encouraged after that phone call," Capello recalls. "Harvard really took the time to explain what they looked at, and they did it on a personal level...