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...This year’s Harvard-Yale game almost ended in an ignominious tie when the game went into three overtimes at the 92-year-old Yale Bowl, which does not have lights. If the game had not ended before sunset, it would have had to be called on account of darkness. Athletic department officials say that this concern was not a major factor in the planned renovations.“It was a larger issue, about more use of the space,” says Jeremy Gibson, who oversees buildings and grounds for the athletic department...
...king” or “vhal-keeng,” depending on where you are from, this ancient and somewhat rustic method of transportation involves using one’s own legs to get from place to place. It became popular in Europe recently when, on account of increasing public concern about the environmental and health risks associated with increased pollution from automobiles, governments enacted harsh legislation to reduce the number of cars on the roads. Students interested in trying it should begin by having an idea of where they are going and pointing themselves in the appropriate...
...medical emergency, leaving the taxpayers to pick up the burden.President Bush suggested part of the solution to this problem in a radio address in January when he proposed a new “more available, more affordable, and more portable” version of the Health Savings Account (HSA), which allows people who buy high deductible health insurance policies to save their money, tax-free, in an HSA to use for routine medical expenses. This tax relief reduces the disproportionate tax subsidy given to organized health care policies and allows Americans an alternative to the current standard. Yet, although...
...Iraq? In various parts of the nation, life now is vastly improved over what it was like under Saddam Hussein. You go out of your way to publish negative photographs and editorials. Your articles are so slanted, it's ridiculous. David Prothero Irwin, Pennsylvania, U.S. Your account of the alleged massacre and ensuing cover-up at Haditha was the latest appalling example of the plague this war has become. Like the Vietnam War, it seems to taint the reputation and humanity of all it touches and belies what's left of any claim to a just...
...than two-thirds of the trainees end up with permanent job offers by the time those contracts are up. And despite increasing pressure from globalization and a shrinking labor market at home, 23% of all German companies continue to offer apprenticeships, a remarkable statistic, given that it takes into account every one-man shop as well as every megacorporation...