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...covered 3,720 miles, camped through temperatures of --50°F and wandered for three months in total darkness. Along the way Herbert, who likened the journey to "conquering a horizontal Everest," oversaw the drilling of more than 250 ice-core samples, which that are now the benchmark against which scientists measure the impact of climate change in the Arctic. He was 72 and had diabetes...
...Democrats begin negotiating with Republicans, the central question will be how strong they can make what's left of the bill, particularly the "benchmarks" for Iraqi progress on such issues as democratization, strengthening their security forces, cutting down on sectarian violence, disarming the militias and other goals. President Bush opposes any move to punish the Iraqis if they do not meet those targets, but some congressional Republicans say they might be willing to consider reducing non-military aid, including reconstruction funds. What they will not support, says one G.O.P. leadership aide, is anything that ties the benchmarks to a troop...
...lose to Yale, but I’m so proud of the team,” Graham said. “We started our season up at Dartmouth with a scrimmage, and now we get to end with some closure against the same team. It will be a great benchmark. The players we added midseason have improved so much, and now we’ll get to see that.”BROWN 4, HARVARD 3Playing on Brown’s Senior Day, the Crimson opened the match strongly, but ultimately fell, 4-3.Freshman Lena Litvak and senior Julia Forgie tore...
...Viewers of China Central TV wake up each day to the sight of pop star and actor Lin Yilun hosting a cooking show produced by the government in the hope that men will learn to effortlessly relieve their wives at the wok. In 2006, Japanese men were invited to benchmark themselves against the central character of Love Mum More Than Anyone-a TV drama series about an exemplary stay-at-home dad. Japan's print media has also decided that men need to be educated in a style of fathering hitherto unknown. Not long ago, the idea of a Japanese...
...Harvard’s second straight game against a ranked opponent, and if anything, the strong competition gives the young Crimson team a benchmark to strive...