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...year ago, with an intensive pilot program in the Bronx. Mills and other inspectors scoured the streets, building by building, cataloging rat hot spots - places that show so-called active rat signs, such as lived-in burrows, fresh droppings, telltale gnaw marks on plastic garbage bags - in an effort to target rodent-control measures more effectively. That geocoding information was entered into each inspector's handheld indexing computer and aggregated with similar data from all across the borough. (See the top 10 animal stories...
...Conn. “We came out really strong in the first period, and we just had a couple of defensive breakdowns that can be fixed with practice,” sophomore Kate Buesser said. “I don’t think it was a lack of effort, but there are some things that we have to work on.” The Huskies were all over the Crimson. offensively This put them ahead early on, starting with a goal just two minutes into the game from Dominique Thibault, marking her 100th career point. Husky Jody Sydor...
...really a positive, because it was a 15-point loss, but we were undermanned,” senior guard Drew Housman said. “We caught them on a hot-shooting night, so we know we have a lot to work on, but we put forward a good effort.” Against the athletic Colonials from the Atlantic-10, the Crimson (4-4) battled to a stand-still for the first 10 minutes of the first half, grabbing the lead on several occasions. But GW (4-2) went on a 13-6 run to go to the locker...
...mujahideen. One outsider who aided this resistance force was a wealthy Saudi named Osama bin Laden. Our CIA supported the mujahideen as well. Russian troop strength was eventually increased up to 108,000, and vigorous offensive actions were launched in the countryside, but control could never be established. The effort became a moral and political calamity. Over a decade 13,000 Soviet troops were lost, more than 1 million Afghans were killed, and roughly 5 million Afghans fled to Pakistan or Iran. Afghanistan came to be known as “Russia’s Vietnam...
...Harvard women’s basketball team defeated the University of Maine (2-7) 73-50 yesterday at Lavietes Pavilion with a dominating offensive performance. The game was marked by an all-around team effort, as four players recorded double digits, and senior Emily Tay posted her 1,000th career point. “I had no idea I had scored my 1000th point, so I’m really excited,” Tay said. “It was a really big surprise for me.” The Crimson (6-4) dominated the second half, using...