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With the Wildcats leading 1-0 entering the third of five rounds, winger Jamie Milam appeared to have Grumet-Morris beaten just inside the right post. But Grumet-Morris fully extended his left leg to block the puck at the last moment, preserving Harvard's hopes...
...perhaps the most pivotal contribution came from backup center Graham Beatty, who was filling in for the injured Brian Cusworth. Beatty provided 12 points—10 of those coming in the first half—and six rebounds along with a physical presence on the block that the Blackbirds couldn’t match...
...JENNINGS, attempting to pose the correct question to the Final Jeopardy answer "Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year." His wrong response (correct one: What is H&R Block?) ended his record-breaking 74-game winning streak...
...quickly developing biometric machines at entry points to verify identities of foreigners on the basis of their physical features. It also sets new federal standards for issuing driver's licenses. But critics complain that the moves aren't strong enough, and House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner tried to block the bill because, among other things, it didn't deny driver's licenses to illegal immigrants...
Better, says sleep researcher James Wyatt of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, to consume a little caffeine in the morning and continue to take it in very small doses throughout the day. That should evenly block the uptake of adenosine, a neurotransmitter-like chemical that helps trigger sleep. In a recent study, Wyatt and others tested that theory, comparing a group of volunteers taking low, steady caffeine doses with subjects who got none at all. The caffeinated group indeed performed better on cognitive tests, with no late-day crash. (Though p.m. caffeine may not do much for your ability...