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...stories are so weighty. Although Harvard scholars are stereotyped these days as unhappy and overly serious, the University’s history certainly debunks that myth. Schlesinger describes Commencement in the early 1700s as a drunken affair that attracted visitors from afar, including Natick Indians, “the singing dwarfs, the dancing bears,” “cripples, [and] lunatics.…” In 1818, a fight in the Commons between the freshman and sophomore class led to the throwing of “cups, saucers, and dishes,” resulting...
...findings about the effects of caffeine remain open to further testing, caffeine's boosting your brainpower has been proved beyond any reasonable doubt "As a research psychologist," says Harris Lieberman, who works in the Military Nutrition Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., "I use the word intelligence as an inherent trait, something permanently part of your makeup." Caffeine can't change that, Lieberman says. But what it can do, he says, is heighten your mental performance. If you're well rested, it tends to improve rudimentary brain functions, like keeping your attention focused...
...remove the body,” he said. Evans, a life-long Cambridge resident had lived alone in the two-room apartment for the last six years. An active and popular member of the Cambridge Senior Center, she worked in the stockroom at Filene’s Basement in Natick until her retirement more than ten years ago, the Globe reported. The two Harvard graduate students were traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to Harvard spokesman Joe Wrinn. They are being housed temporarily in a local hotel, he said. “Both have been offered new units...
Researchers at the Army's Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., would like to ease that load by turning soldiers into walking power plants. Iowa Thin Film Technologies began supplying the Army last year with pocket-size solar rechargers (weight 6 oz.) and tents embedded with flexible, plastic panels that can generate electricity. Soldiers field-testing the tents use them both for shelter and to operate medical or communications equipment. Another solar company, Konarka of Lowell, Mass., has also received a military grant and hopes to do away with solar panels altogether. The firm is developing light-sensitive fabrics that...
...situation: Rove is the architect of Bush's successful presidential campaigns and of Republican congressional victories. The Democrats will do or say anything to destroy the conservative political genius. This "controversy" has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with party politics as usual. Hugh Maguire Natick, Massachusetts...