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...DROP AND GIVE...
...yesterday. For Harvard, it was the decisive, crushing blow in a season of incredible expectations in which the Crimson was the odds-on favorite to win the Ivy Championship. Harvard entered the final week of the conference schedule in sole possession of first place in the league, only to drop its last Ivy game against Yale in stunning fashion. Against Dartmouth on Friday, a season-long plague of dry spells, inconsistent defense, and trouble on the defensive glass returned with a vengeance. “This year, when you look at our Ivy League losses, most of the reason...
...That embarrassment has since been softened somewhat by the drop in violence that began in mid-2007, although violence levels have begun rising again in recent months. But, while McCain's strong support for the surge has set him apart from his potential Democratic opponents and even from many Republicans, the perception in the U.S. that McCain offers a significantly different approach to Iraq than can be expected from his rivals is not shared by many Iraqis. They see more similarities than differences among U.S. politicians, and are not expecting much to change...
...findings may in the end offer more cost-saving potential - and raise more interesting questions - in developed nations, including the U.S., where medical costs have spiraled upward in the last two decades. Neither doctors nor patients may want to drop cholesterol testing altogether - more information is better, especially when the consequence of missing a diagnosis is heart attack - but there is still a practical lesson to be learned. "I think in the U.S. we might use this as an initial test," Gaziano says. "We can at least narrow the group of people for whom we need to screen cholesterol." Those...
Though his staff assistant said that “people like Craig are usually not available at the drop of a hat,” Venter summed up his motivations for joining the initiative in a very short phone interview yesterday, before jetting off to India. Venter said that the group he is joining is “incredible” and that this is what made the prospect of coming to Harvard “attractive...