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...points to lead all players and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds to pace the Crimson’s Ivy road win. And to top it off, Moretzsohn also dropped eight of her 18 points over the final three minutes of the second period.Her singular performance stood in stark contrast to the player who stepped onto the court only one day earlier. Against Columbia, Moretzsohn, put up only six points but managed to lead the team with two blocks and added one steal to finish the night with only 14 minutes of action. Defensively, the sophomore set a formidable presence...
...less likely to feel pain when compared to a chimpanzee. The study used 13 different characters, including a fetus, an adult woman, a man in a persistent vegetative state, a frog, God, and a robot. Respondents said human adults possessed high amounts of both agency and experience. In contrast, while they said dogs ranked similarly to humans in terms of experience, they ranked low in agency. Interestingly, respondents—who typically identified themselves as Christians—said that while God had agency, he lacked experience, ranking at the level of a robot and below a dead person...
...School process has been in sharp contrast to many expansion plans by the University, and has, in many ways, been a model process,” said Joel Bard, a local resident and activist, at a Cambridge Planning Commission meeting late last year...
...contrast until recently, there was no shortage of politicians proudly claiming the label "conservative." Now, the only serious presidential candidate who calls himself a conservative is former Governor Mitt Romney--and he clings to the label because, based on his record, he obviously isn't one. Senator Sam Brownback, who calls himself a conservative and actually is one, isn't considered serious for that very reason. Meanwhile, Senator John McCain, who is serious, calls himself a "commonsense conservative," thus implying that most conservatives lack common sense. This is even more insulting than George W. Bush's "compassionate conservative...
...opinion, compared with 94% saying the same of Hillary Clinton. In Obama's favor, however, is his far lower negative ratings. While 58% of voters familiar with Hillary Clinton have a positive view of her, 41% give her negative marks, for a net favorability score of +17. By contrast, Obama's net favorability score is +47. On the Republican side, Giuliani has a net favorability rating of +68, with only 14% having a negative view of him. McCain's net favorability score...