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Amassing one of its strongest records in years, Harvard has proved it is ready to contend for a top spot at Easterns...

Author: By Michael C. Sabala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Water Polo Advances to Easters; Goes 3-1 at Northerns | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

Gore must also contend with another potential trouble spot--Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Nader is running at 4 percent nationally, and could draw away enough liberal-minded voters from Gore to give Bush crucial victories in enough swing states to win the election...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Swing States, Turnout, Will Decide Election Outcome | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

State education officials contend that MCAS is essential to ensuring that school districts are held accountable under the Education Reform Act of 1993, which doubled state funding of public schools...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Education Officials Criticize MCAS | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

...know, nothing that happened yesterday changes the fact that owners of the copyrights on some pieces of music contend that downloading that music using Napster is an infringement of their copyrights," Lewis wrote in an e-mail message...

Author: By David H. Gellis and Keith J. Lo, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Napster Agrees To Charge Users For MP3 Service | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

...study, outlined the distinguished scientists' grim prediction in no uncertain terms: If greenhouse gases continue to trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, we can expect average global temperatures to rise between 2.7 degrees and 11 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century. That kind of increase, scientists contend, means cataclysmic changes in our environment: Think melting of the polar ice caps, flooding and drought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Case for Man-Made Global Warming Gets Stronger | 10/26/2000 | See Source »

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