Word: borda
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...Australian sales of kangaroo have increased 30% as it has gained more cred as a healthy and free-range alternative to lamb and beef. Now, with a recession in full swing, the relatively inexpensive, lean red meat is moving even faster. "Sales are going through the roof," says Ray Borda, owner of Adelaide-based Macro Meats, a meat-processing company that sells about 200 tons of kangaroo meat per week. "One, it's cheaper. Two, it's better for you. Three, it's better for the environment. It ticks all the boxes. People can't ignore it anymore...
...common, supported culling to control population, and more than half supported culling for commercial purposes. With a little help from global warming and the recession, the industry's biggest p.r. challenges may be behind it. "People are smart; they will Google anything and make up their own mind," says Borda of Macro Meats. "It just needs to do its time." Australus may not be the new beef yet, but Borda and others in the business hope demand will keep growing by leaps and bounds...
...skillfully presents them within relatively simple contexts. His discussion of vote splitting is aided by an explanation of why “Crash” beat “Brokeback Mountain” for Best Picture in 2005; he explains a voting method known as a “Borda count” by discussing its use for MVP selection in Major League Baseball. These relevant, often humorous examples—coupled with political cartoons and illustrations—add another level of dynamism to Poundstone’s work.Yet the book is not without flaws. While the first...
...injury.Cause for concern: Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. The Crimson had a whopping six giveaways, including three picks by O’Hagan and two by Irvin. Add to that a fumble by the usually sure-handed Dawson, who garnered only 59 yards on 15 carries.MVP: Lehigh quarterback Mark Borda had a monster day against the Crimson secondary, throwing for 347 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for two more.Rough day for: The Harvard defense. The 49 scored by the Mountain Hawks were the most allowed by the Crimson since 1989.Top performer: Harvard—Breaux, 7 catches for 135 yards...
...over Yale on Saturday.After Rath opened the overtime with the touchdown run for Lehigh (4-2), the Mountain Hawks gave up a first down to the Bulldogs before forcing Yale’s Jeff Mroz into three straight incompletions to end the game.With starting quarterback Mark Borda out with a leg injury, Lehigh sophomore Sedale Threatt threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Greg Fay with 4:42 remaining and tossed the two-point conversion pass to Pete Morelli to tie the game.Yale (2-3) had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation, but Mroz...