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...Crimson men also had to contend with subfreezing, predawn temperatures, frozen greens and falling snow in New Haven, Conn. There, Harvard finished twelfth out of 24 teams at the Yale Invitational, which was won by the host school...
...issue, claiming they were fighting for “justice” but offering few tangible arguments in defense of their principles. At long last, however, some of the PSLM’s defenders have taken up the issue of “coercion.” They contend that the distinction between a coercive and a non-coercive action is ambiguous and ultimately meaningless. While it is encouraging to see that they haven’t forgotten the issue altogether, their arguments in defense of “coercion” as the most effective tool in the worker?...
...while some health educators are already whispering of an epidemic, other researchers, armed with different data, contend that young women aren't closing the gap at all. Indeed, in Wechsler's study, while frequent binge drinking rose slightly more for women than men on all campuses, an increasing number of women reported abstaining from alcohol altogether. Critics claim that although it may seem that women are suffering more alcohol-related problems, the number of reports may be rising because researchers, who for years did not ask about unplanned pregnancies or sexual assault, are finally posing relevant questions. And then there...
AFGHANISTAN Troubles Heaped on Troubles As if the poor inhabitants of the war-ravaged and drought-stricken country didn't have enough to contend with, the very earth turned against Afghanistan last week. Two earthquakes, measuring between 5.0 and 6.1 on the Richter scale, caused widespread destruction in the northeast around Nahrin, killing up to 1,200 people. Though aftershocks continued for several days, troops and aid workers were able to deliver relief supplies of food and tents to the tens of thousands left homeless...
Netanyahu's supporters say his record in office was good. "Bibi cut the budget, and he reduced terrorist attacks," says Yuval Steinitz, a Likud parliamentarian. "It's his personal behavior that cost him his job." Besides, they contend, Netanyahu got a bad rap because he led the opposition when a right-winger assassinated Rabin in 1995--a time when Israel was deeply divided on the merits of the peace process. But Israel now is not what it was then. "People believed Pollyannaishly in the Oslo accords," Netanyahu says. "I was accused of foiling the dream. This time it's clear...