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...California passed a law last month requiring all chain restaurants with more than 20 locations to post calorie counts on menus by 2011. New York City has had a similar law in effect since the end of spring. Many Starbucks locations nationwide have already begun labeling their menus, and Yum! Brands—the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut—has announced it will put calorie counts in the overhead menus at all of its restaurants. Harvard may be able to shelter its students from much of the outside world, but since calorie counts will be a part...
...Many locales have already witnessed the new power of MRC volunteers. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, MRC volunteers nurtured thousands of weary evacuees seeking refuge many miles from home in Texas, Mississippi, Massachusetts and other states. During the 2007 Southern California wildfires, MRC personnel cared for the exhausted at more than 15 shelters across the affected region. Recent Hurricanes Gustav and Ike mobilized MRC volunteers to support shelter operations and provide first aid in nearly a dozen states in the South. Nationwide, MRC volunteers have not only conducted pandemic influenza trainings but also now routinely staff annual...
...first freshman boat went undefeated in dual racing and finished up the season in similarly spectacular style, with victories at Eastern Sprints and the Harvard-Yale Regatta, a semifinal place in Henley Royal Regatta’s Temple Cup, and a third-place finish at IRAs to very strong California and Washington teams.“Bill [Manning] is a really good coach, and he was able to keep us in line and keep us in the right mentality throughout the season,” said sophomore Benjamin French, who stroked the first freshman boat to success last year...
...from their performance during the rest of the season. The varsity eight went 5-1 in dual racing, falling only to Brown. At the San Diego Crew Classic—the regatta that kicked off the 2008 spring season—the heavyweight eight defeated strong Western crews from California and Stanford en route to a third-place finish. The optimistic start and consistent dual racing performances only sharpen the contrast between the beginning and end of the season for the Crimson.“We had quite a good start [to the season],” heavyweight captain Teddy...
...theory holds that voters have a tendency to withhold their leanings from pollsters when they plan to vote for a white candidate instead of a black one. In 1982, Tom Bradley-the African-American mayor of Los Angeles-ran for governor of California. On the eve of the election, polls anointed him a prohibitive favorite. But on election day, Bradley lost to his white opponent, Republican George Deukmejian. Some experts chalked up the skewed polling to skin color...