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...parents also have to be realistic about which holiday traditions to keep and which to ditch. The Greens, with newest member Nathaniel, 6 months, in tow, will be visiting Grandma again for Christmas but not staying in her condo. "It will be weird to be in a hotel while visiting home, but after last year, we swore never again," Cindy Green says. "Still, we want to celebrate the holidays with my mother. We've done that every year and hope to maintain the tradition...
...most worried--the so-called H5N1 strain--remains vastly greater in birds than humans. So far, 132 people in Southeast Asia and China are known to have been infected, and more than half of them have died. Meanwhile, millions of chickens and ducks have been slaughtered in a last-ditch attempt to keep the virus from spreading--an effort made more difficult by migrating flocks of wild birds that have carried the virus into Eastern Europe. The only reason more humans haven't died, say experts, is that this particular flu virus still has difficulty transmitting from one person...
...team’s penalty-killing success continued throughout the game, as Harvard killed all six of the Bears’ power-play opportunities. But the Crimson’s success was mainly a result of Daigneau’s key saves. With Brown mounting a last-ditch attack in the third period, his play kept the Bears at bay. In the middle of the period, a sprawling save was quickly followed by a big stop on a Brown 2-on-1. “[Daigneau] is getting more confident each time he goes out,” said Harvard...
...fact that we have a lot of younger players is part of it,” he added, “but it is something we need to improve on if we want to establish ourselves.”And when the trailing team mounts a last-ditch charge, the Crimson can’t stop moving forward.“I think we get cautious out there,” senior forward Charlie Johnson said. “We stop attacking, stop getting it deep in their zone and going after them. We kind of sit back, and when...
...wings,” said senior captain and defender Will Craig. “I don’t think that there is an outside guy that can stop him.” The goal put the Crimson ahead 3-1 and even though the Quakers made a last ditch effort by scoring one more time before time was called, they could not close the two goal lead. “[The Tornaritis twins] have been big players for us,” Kerr said. “Last year they scored 17 goals between them.” Nicholas...