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Behind by 32 points with 10:12 left in the second half, the Bears mounted an impressive run, only to be held off in the final minute as Harvard captain Laela Sturdy hit a clutch three-pointer to end a four-and-a-half minute Crimson scoring drought. She finished with 14 points on the night...
Such ineptitude brought a 7:14 scoring drought that didn't end until there was just 6:49 remaining in the second half...
CAFFEINE HIGH Think price before you savor that tasty cup of joe after this season's holiday feast. With a recent drought threatening next year's crop in Brazil, the wholesale price of coffee has shot up some 80% in the past few months, from a five-year low of 80[cents] per lb. in early October. Last week, as rains drenched Brazil, the price dropped a bit. Still, supermarket brands like Folgers and Maxwell House, which cut the price of a 13-oz. can by a dime in August, are jacking it up by 30[cents]. For the moment...
...predict that the planet's average temperature could rise as much as 6.3[degrees]F (3.5[degrees]C) over the next century, and we are already seeing heat waves, melting polar ice and rising seas. Local impact remains unpredictable: some areas could suffer stronger storms and other places severe drought. Seven environmental groups--Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund--have put together a world map showing "early-warning signs" of global warming. Reviewed by a team of scientists, the signs fall...
Nobody suffered the Crimson's shooting drought worse than junior forward Dan Clemente, the team's leading scorer at 24.2 points per game. Clemente, marked mainly man-to-man by B.U.'s Jean Avebe, got his shots off but hit just 3-of-16 for a season-low six points. He also missed all eight of his three-point attempts, the first time in 23 games he failed to sink a trey...