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...biggest challenge, perhaps, is to make sure that the world directs adequate scientific thinking and technological development to the key issues of disease, food supply, climate change and environmental degradation facing the poorest countries. This step though will require a deeper ethical commitment around the world to a more wise and equitable sharing of our global bounty." Outgoing Director of Harvard Institute for International Development
...biggest cause for change was the end of rent control, under which Cambridge set a ceiling on rents landlords could charge. Phased out by December 1996, rent control's end has made it possible for landlords to charge what the market will bear--often far more than mom-and-pop stores can afford...
...biggest scare of the season came Jan. 15 when junior goaltender Crystal Springer broke her collarbone, making her inactive for the next six weeks. Springer, who finished fourth in the nation in both goals-against average (1.61) and save percentage (.924), had anchored the team between the pipes for the early season, but that responsibility fell on the inexperienced shoulders of freshman netminder Alison Kuusisto, who had made just one start in her collegiate career...
...biggest achievements of the team is placing nine out of 10 wrestlers in the top six in the EIWA," Weiss said. "That shows how we have grown in the past five years. My first year here we had wrestlers place sixth in the EIWA. Now we have the whole team placing...
...season began and ended on good notes. The first game of the season was a close 7-5 loss to UMass, which would prove to be Harvard's biggest nemesis of the season. This game gave Harvard great confidence heading into the season, since UMass was predicted to be the No. 1 team in Eastern region...