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...Another problem is that stimulants appear to increase users' desire subjectively, rather than satisfying it. While a heroin high is calming and lasts for several hours, cocaine and amphetamine feel different. As actor Robin Williams, an admitted ex-user, put it, cocaine makes you feel like a new man, and the first thing the new man wants is more cocaine. It produces excitement, not relaxation. And the concern is that a maintenance drug would have the same escalating effect...
...architect's architect, Jorn Utzon, who died Nov. 29 at 90, was immensely creative in his understanding of space. He was also a problem solver, concerned with human scale, structure and function. His life, his legacy and the story of the Sydney Opera House are so intertwined that it is almost impossible to separate them from one another. His astonishing 1957 design was pure poetry. It was a landmark then and remains...
...careers at Harvard. And the two, in their capacity as College Events Board planners, were prominently involved in organizing an aborted Girl Talk concert earlier this winter that by their own admission went awry, drawing vitriolic comments on House e-mail lists campus-wide and creating a public relations problem that may put even Schwartz’s considerable political acumen to the test. BRIDGING THE DIVIDE?Historically, the road to electoral success has been difficult for UC presidential and vice-presidential candidates with male final club affiliations. Tickets boasting final club ties have had their ambitions dashed in each...
...real issue is the committee and the next superintendent,” Grassi said. “Are they going to act collectively to resolve the problem? We have...
...basis. I had made many local friends and probably spoke English less than half of the time. At first I thought her situation was an individual problem—that some people had trouble connecting with a foreign culture because they were less outgoing and adventurous. However, the real problem is that the structure of study abroad programs isolates students from the native culture...