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...Despite its success in Kenya, Professor Michael Kremer’s model for bringing water to East Africa was not feasible in Agyemanti. No matter how cutting edge and brilliant the use of solar panels sounded at first, they realized that once those panels broke, no one would be there to fix them. Higginbotham concludes, “Some of what we do academically doesn’t always apply to the real world...
...though, with the first presidential election since the Orange Revolution approaching, Ukraine seems to be in danger of losing the tenuous progress it has made since it broke off from the Soviet Union 18 years ago. The country’s economy was devastated by the recession and the partnership between Yushchenko and Yulia Timoshenko, his prime minister, is now riven by feuding and electoral politics. Especially in light of recent Russian attempts to influence Ukrainian politics, the international community needs to make an effort to show support for maintaining democratic government in Ukraine and to demonstrate its commitment...
Despite their high price tag, three of the Harvard team’s new brooms broke on first use last weekend in a game against Tufts. Their next game is Friday, against arch-rival Yale...
...massacre in Vietnam. Calley was convicted in 1971 of killing 22 people during the massacre, which cost hundreds of lives. He was sentenced to life in prison but President Nixon ordered his sentence reduced; he was eventually released after three years' house arrest (Calley broke his silence on the massacre last August, saying he was "very sorry" for his actions). The last military execution took place in April 1961, when Army Private John Bennett was hanged for rape and attempted murder. There are currently five men on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (Read a 1971 TIME...
With 11 minutes to go and the local rivals knotted at 49, the backcourt star faked a shot and weaved his way into the lane. His two-handed jam in traffic broke the tie and was followed on the other end with a block by senior Pat Magnarelli. The oft-injured forward, playing in his first game in nearly one and a half years, had a solid night on both ends of the floor, leading his team with six rebounds...