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...probable that a different crop of athletes might have yielded more points at the Ivies, giving Harvard a more realistic chance at finishing among the top three teams...
...Indeed, the benefits have seemed small?until golden rice came along. Golden rice is the first compelling example of a genetically engineered crop that may benefit not just the farmers who grow it but also the consumers...
...corn, for instance, are carried far and wide. The continuing flap over Bt corn and cotton?the gene of a common soil bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis), a natural insecticide, is transferred to the plants?has provided more fodder for the debate. Ecologists are concerned that widespread planting of these crops will spur Bt resistance among crop pests, and Bt is popular with organic farmers...
...hardly makes a dent, however, in the annual bumper crop of dead computers. Every year an electronic trash heap nearly as tall as Mount Everest is tossed into garbage cans, stashed in garages or forgotten in closets. Some 500 million PCs will be rendered obsolete by 2007 in the U.S. alone--abandoned by users who have upgraded to faster and sexier machines--according to a report by the National Safety Council. Computers are ranked as the nation's fastest-growing category of solid waste by the Environmental Protection Agency...
Earlier this season, the Crimson lost an entire crop of decorated returnees to attrition. The team also has had a series of injuries among its star-athletes and top recruits, including former school record holder and Harvard's sole conference champion from last year, Lovisa Gustafsson...