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With that in mind, Farah is studying modafinil, a drug developed for narcolepsy that is prescribed off-label to patients with depression, ADHD or even jet lag. In the military, it's used to sharpen soldiers' alertness and cognition. Her research is attempting to determine how this chemical affects normal people. "Is there a trade-off," she wonders, "between focusing attention and reducing creativity? And if more workers use it to excel, will we have a workforce of narrow, rigid thinkers...
...servings--within just a 5 1/2-hr. period. The food is judged on presentation and, of course, taste. Competitors train for the cooking challenge with the single-minded discipline usually found in élite athletes. For Kaysen, this means heading to the kitchen on his day off to sharpen skills like butchering a whole chicken. He began practicing for the Bocuse in January 2006. By November, he could skin, cut and fillet a bird in seven minutes. But he knows that isn't good enough, since every second of prep time will count. His goal is to do it in three...
...continue to hope that other schools will join us because we believe that this change will sharpen the focus of the admissions process on its most important goal—helping students find the right college match,” Fitzsimmons said...
...suggest that you take out your steel and sharpen your critical knives to carve out a more valuable test for your editorial cartoonists. They should be incisive and funny. Threaten to slice and dice them all you want when they?...
...with comprehensive electoral lists and platforms. The most obvious candidates are the College Democrats and Republicans. They could turn from party mouthpieces and Washington-internship funnels into responsible conveyors of a coherent political message that is relevant to the needs of the student community. Competition between two parties would sharpen the reflexes of the entire Council, and representatives would finally acquire both a point of reference and accountability.There are dangers in this vision: overpoliticizing the UC, polarizing the campus, and creating a huge political mechanism that stifles specific demands. But Harvard students shouldn’t hesitate to enter...