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...Shahar Peer, ranked 17th on the women's tennis tour, requested a berth in the Qatar Open, which runs from Feb. 18-24 in the capital city, Doha, and offers a $2.5 million purse. To her surprise, Peer found she was pushing against an open door; both the Qatar tournament organizers and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) agreed that she could compete. "They all welcomed me warmly," she told TIME at the end of a grueling practice session in Tel Aviv with her part-time coach, Conchita Mart ínez, a 1994 Wimbledon champion. Tennis officials assured the young...
...when the humble tuber followed the silver to Europe is unclear, but by the early 17th century the stage was set there for a vast expansionary phase in the potato's history. Despite being regularly denounced from pulpits because it was not mentioned in the Bible, this imported esculent (foodstuff) soon became a peasant favorite. Not only did it yield four times more calories per acre than grain, making it an essential insurance policy against famine; it also, as an underground crop, was less likely than stored grain to be looted by armies living off the land in those...
...million over the next eight years owing to baby-boomer retirement, growing student enrollment and staff turnover-which is especially rapid among new teachers. Finding and keeping high-quality teachers are key to America's competitiveness as a nation. Recent test results show that U.S. 10th-graders ranked just 17th in science among peers from 30 nations, while in math they placed in the bottom five. Research suggests that a good teacher is the single most important factor in boosting achievement, more important than class size, the dollars spent per student or the quality of textbooks and materials...
...Crimson’s 5-0 victory over the Engineers, Cahow put what teammate Sarah Vaillancourt called “the cherry on the sundae,” picking up two assists to give her an even 100 points for her career, placing her in a tie for 17th on Harvard’s all-time scoring list. “It’s a great achievement and it’s made more so by the fact that every year women’s hockey and this league get better,” Cahow said...
...before kicking out of the net.The Crimson scored again just under six minutes later, when Cahow centered a pass to junior Jenny Brine, who put a nifty backhanded shot into the back of the net.The assist marked Cahow’s 100th point of her career, tying her for 17th on Harvard’s all-time scoring list.After holding RPI scoreless with 18 saves, Kessler is now tied for the NCAA single-season shutout record. The clean sheet was also the 13th of her career, putting her just two behind Ali Boe ’06 for Harvard?...