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...drug use. The effect of seeing violence or hearing sexually explicit talk should not be pinned on Hollywood. It starts with parents. The kids copy the parents, and other youngsters copy those kids. Maybe we should start rating our homes and schools rather than our movies. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Mount Vernon...
...Wrap offers by far the most healthful summer beverages. In addition to one free "purpose" element, others can be added for 50 cents each. And all smoothies can be made without dairy products on request...
...autopsy at Princeton Hospital, Dr. Thomas Harvey, removed the brain, pickled it in formaldehyde--and kept it. Harvey had no credentials in neuroscience, and his unauthorized appropriation of Einstein's brain appalled and outraged many scientists. Possession was evidently a point in his favor, though. At the pathologist's request, the family agreed he could keep the organ for scientific study. But over the next four decades Harvey, who now lives in Lawrence, Kans., doled out little in the way of either published findings or bits of brain for others to examine. For a while, according to several reports...
...second request may be of more interest to you. Like I said, I wrote a "My First Year" piece directed at last year's first-year class. I thought I had it all figured out: understand that in all likelihood you're not going to be the superstar at Harvard that you were in high school, and you'll be all set--a fruitful and satisfying life awaits. However, in truth, I still battle with this every day I'm at school (and especially on the days that I receive mid-term and final grades). So, this past spring...
Thus, I return to the thesis of my essay. My second request to you: Keep things in perspective. Maintain. Take a chill pill, Will. Don't get out of whack, Jack. It's all good, Wood. Despite these episodes of trauma, I think probably the best thing to do your first year is not to freak out. Take everything with a grain of salt, and don't be afraid to hear yourself muttering the words, "It's not that big of a deal. I'm 18, and I've got plenty of time left." Believe me, as a senior, just...