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...majority of the squad’s troubles took place behind the arc, where Harvard missed all but three of its 15 attempts. Most crippling was a string of seven straight long-range misses over a span of six minutes late in the first half, a drought coinciding with a 13-0 run by the Tigers...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Tiger Defense Stifles Harvard Shooters | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Most of the fallout from climate change is likely to be disruptive, to put it mildly. It's hard to put a positive spin on rising seas, increased drought and wildfires, shrinking water supplies and more acidic oceans. For the plants that form the very foundation of the food chain, though, an argument can be made that both global warming itself and the rising carbon dioxide levels that cause it are actually a good thing. CO2, after all, is essential for the photosynthesis that most plants depend on for nourishment. And as winters get milder and shorter, plants will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even Plants May Not Like a Warmer World | 1/15/2010 | See Source »

...thirds of the country is in the hands of either separatist groups or local tribes, some of which have a habit of kidnapping foreign tourists to use as bargaining chips with the central government. Economic and developmental issues - Yemen's most volatile regions are among those hardest hit by drought and government neglect - are at the heart of most of those conflicts, especially the war between the government and Shi'ite rebels, known as Houthis, that is being waged in the northern province...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yemen: The Most Fragile Ally | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...points the last time he stepped onto the Conte hardwood, ended the Crimson’s scoring drought with under five minutes to play in the first half, nailing a long three-pointer that he launched just seconds before the shot clock would have expired...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Repeats Upset With 74-67 Win at BC | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...Sunday’s match-up against Dartmouth. Having defeated the Big Green, 6-2, earlier in the season, Harvard was suprised on Sunday night by Dartmouth, which outshot the Crimson, 41-29, en route to winning the contest, 6-2. Despite the team’s eight-game drought, the objective remains the same, both for tonight against Brown and for the rest of the season...

Author: By Lauren S. Packard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks To Snap Drought | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

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