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...Harvard men's lacrosse team had to contend with poor field conditions, a fired-up C.W. Post and a host of early-season mistakes. In the end, it was too much for the Crimson to overcome, as the Pioneers handed Harvard an 11-4 defeat at Hickox Field in Greenvale...
...issue is risk assessment, the method of evaluating how dangerous a substance is to humans. In the U.S. officials have been quick to ban chemicals that according to lab tests are carcinogenic. But skeptics contend the system is so sensitive that if standard tests were applied to all chemicals, both natural and synthetic, fully half of them would appear to cause cancer. "It's a bit like the search for witches. You can always find them," says Colin Berry, chairman of the British government's pesticide advisory board and a critic of the way American scientists have evaluated risk...
Regardless of the strength and depth of the Crimson team, it still must contend with the mighty Princeton Tigers, who edged Harvard for first place at last year's Easterns and claimed first place in the annual dual meet between the two teams this year with a 124-117 victory at Blodgett Pool...
This brings the reader back to the question of empowerment, a very feminist notion. But this book's message and Chellis' voice are far from feminist. Instead of recognizing the societal and cultural barriers that women contend with, Chellis chides readers not to "blame the system." The absence of minority women from the lower echelons of society highlight the book's and the author's tenuous conclusions...
Harvard, forced to contend with injuries, had to settle its somber performance...