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...stories tall looms over the squat brick buildings where recyclers live and work. "Somewhere in there is a bottle you used," says a woman as she sits at the edge of the pile, rapidly grabbing bottle after bottle, stripping their labels and tossing the shorn containers into a basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China, Hard Times at the Scrap Heap | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson played great defense the entire night, holding the Wildcats to a 40-percent field goal percentage, but it still seemed to have a bit of trouble rebounding around the basket, giving up 17 second chance points...

Author: By Ricky Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Beats Wildcats in Season Opener | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

...team-high 16 points) whittled the lead down to five. The deficit was as little as one point after Rollins made one of two free throws with 2:15 remaining, but it was too little, too late—a Loyola run, punctuated by yet another Tolley basket from three, sealed the deal as the clock wound down.The Crimson shot just 3-for-17 from downtown on the afternoon, and after making eight of nine free throws in the first half missed seven big ones after the break. “Offensively we have a lot of weapons, but sometimes...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Half Struggles Lead to Split | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...some teachers argue tenure has become a scapegoat for a whole basket of educational and financial ills responsible for the dismal test scores and disappointing graduation rates in U.S. schools. Abolishing tenure doesn't address problems of underfunding, overcrowding or improving students' home environments. And despite more than a century of social progress, the need to protect teachers from the whims (or the tyranny) of the community remains as important as ever - especially in science classrooms where the battle over evolutionary biology and creationism rages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tenure | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...played 37 minutes and put up 11 points and seven rebounds, scoring the eventual game-winning basket and adding a timely steal in the final minutes of play...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '08 SUPPLEMENT: The Missing Link | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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