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...Catholic convert who grew up in a Hindu household, Jindal has made his name by aligning himself with the cultural conservative wing of the Republican Party, fiercely opposing stem cell research and abortion while favoring the teaching of Intelligent Design in public schools. The strategy has helped his standing among the state's conservative Christian voters, and helped him overcome the twin liabilities (in some circles) of intellectualism and ethnicity - traits that arouse suspicion in some of Louisiana's rural stretches, and that many say also helped tip the scales against him in 2003. He has mostly toed the party...
...game right as the ‘D’ stepped in to shut down the Lehigh attack. The Crimson possessed the ball for nearly 21 minutes in the second half. In the fourth, the defense did not allow a single first down, and the Mountain Hawks did not convert a single third down all day. In total Lehigh posted only 232 total yards of offense, less than half of the Harvard’s 465.To say the least, the numbers did not tell the whole story. In the end the team that made the bigger play emerged with...
...field goals. There was just one problem—the offense and the special teams each surrendered a touchdown.“It’s very surprising, that you win a football game and you don’t score an offensive touchdown, don’t convert a third down,” said Mountain Hawks head coach Andy Coen. “That doesn’t happen very often, but it happens sometimes, and it happened today.”Every time the Lehigh offense got close to the endzone, the Harvard defense closed things...
...that’s a pretty good day.” The Crimson dominated the entirety of the game, putting constant pressure on the Stags’ defense and creating the majority of the scoring opportunities. Despite controlling play in the first half, Harvard was only able to convert on one of those chances. The lone first-half score, which would prove to be the game-winner, was recorded in the 18th minute when sophomore Andre’ Akpan threaded a pass to Fucito, who tapped the ball into an unguarded net. “We did so well defensively...
There may be a high environmental price to pay as poor nations convert from two wheels to four. John Rogers, a consultant for the Asian Development Bank, estimates that the number of cars in India will increase from 6.2 million in 2005 to 41.6 million by 2025. Putting millions of new vehicles on roads will increase pollution and further strain overtaxed transportation networks. "We cannot afford this type of congestion," says Anumita Roychowdhury, associate director of the New Delhi-based nongovernmental group Center for Science and Environment. "It's defeating the reason people buy cars: for mobility." Roychowdhury and other...