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Harvard conducted its second annual survey of drinking habits in Hemenway Gym on Friday, passing out free Nalgenes, highlighters, Post-Its, and lip balm to student participants as part of a long-standing College campaign to curb “high-risk” drinking among undergraduates...
...conflicts from erupting elsewhere. In the longer term, Darfur and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa need sensible land-use policies and careful water management. And as climate change shrinks the availability of arable land and natural resources, Africa will need the developed world to do its part to curb the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming...
...neglected one simple way to help curb emissions: don't drink bottled water. Think of all those millions of plastic bottles. Even recycling them consumes nearly as much energy as that needed to produce them. Darien Werfhorst, San Francisco...
...time and hire political consultants. They raise money to prove that they can raise money. All the major candidates have rejected federal subsidies in order to avoid the contribution limits that go with them. This includes McCain, whose name is on McCain-Feingold, the most recent failed attempt to curb money's role in politics. When the press started reporting that his campaign was in trouble, McCain hired a major corporate lobbyist as his finance chairman. The press approved. This showed that he was serious...
...Deutsche Bank Securities in Hong Kong, has been one of the more accurate forecasters of the Chinese economy in recent years. He still believes the inflation threat is manageable, and that the authorities in Beijing can avoid a train wreck even while bumping up rates and trying to curb bank lending to, among others, the still red hot real estate sector...