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Last Saturday, the Women's United Soccer Association drew 34,148 fans for its inaugural game between Mia Hamm's Washington Freedom and Brandi Chastain's Bay Area Cyber Rays. Yesterday at Ohiri Field, the Harvard women's soccer team served as the final tune-up for the Boston Breakers, one of six WUSA teams waiting for their turn in the spotlight this weekend...
Franchises in real sports have also struck out big. Not long ago, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays announced that they will shorten their name to the "Rays." Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wiz, conversely, lengthened its name to the Wizards (and presumably ended the bathroom stampedes every time someone started a "Let's Go Wiz!" chant). Both changes were long overdue...
...understand how development in ANWR could affect the wildlife, the best available information comes from Prudhoe Bay, which is located about 80 miles away. Foremost, there are no listed endangered species living on the coastal plain. Of the animal species affected by opening ANWR, many people seem to focus on the Porcupine caribou herd, which migrates to the coastal plain in the summer. Many do not realize, though, that the herd not only travels past 89 dry oil wells drilled by the Canadian government when it travels from Canada to ANWR, but that is also crosses Canada?...
...addition, the Central Arctic caribou herd that inhabits part of Prudhoe Bay has grown from 6,000 in 1978 to 27,000 today, according to the most recent estimate by state and federal wildlife agencies. The Inupiat Eskimos, who count on the wildlife as a source of their livelihood, have witnessed how the development of Prudhoe Bay has coexisted with a thriving wildlife community. The same balance and support is possible with ANWR...
...struggle of 26.2 notoriously hilly miles took the toll on veteran runner Robert K. Silverman ‘02, who qualifed for the Boston Marathon after running a 2:54 time in the Bay State Marathon last fall...