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...traded points until the Ducks pulled ahead to 10-9, but Stevens’s scoring advantage didn’t last long, as Harvard reclaimed the momentum, 13-12. The lead changed hands again when the Ducks slipped ahead to a 19-18 advantage. But the Crimson took control of the lead one last time and held on for the win, 30-27. Although the Ducks managed to outblock Harvard, 13.5-10 overall, and recorded higher hitting percentages in three out of four games, Stevens’s 18 service errors hindered its performance and assisted the Crimson...
...Guide is a valuable institution that only works when students, faculty, and administrators are all committed to its success. If those who control the format and structure of the guide make the necessary changes, students will surely respond with an increased enthusiasm for completing their course evaluations...
...helicopter pilot flies into a cloud and can't see out his windows, it is - by definition - an emergency. The pilot must simultaneously descend until he can see lights on the ground, toggle multiple radio frequencies to inform nearby planes and airports that he is flying blind, maintain control of a twitchy aircraft in conditions he is not trained to handle, over terrain he does not know and cannot see. When flight nurses have nightmares, this is the picture on the backs of their eyelids...
...million to upgrade most of its helicopters with night vision goggles, terrain awareness systems, and technologies that track flight progress and weather. Air Methods will spend another $30 million training its pilots to use the new systems, plus $1 million a year to equip and staff an operational control center that monitors all flights. "We're going above and beyond what the rules require," Foster says...
...targeted items that offend Republican constituencies: $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts; $150 million to insure honey-bee farmers; $335 million for preventing sexually transmitted diseases; $150 million for repairs to the Smithsonian Institution; $462 million for equipment and construction at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta; $20 million to remove fish barriers in rivers; and $25 million to clear off-road trails, to name a few. (See the 10 most outrageous earmarks for government spending...