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...reporter from the government's English-language newspaper, the China Daily, why so many schools had collapsed when government buildings in the same towns had not. According to state media, at least six schools were destroyed by the quake and its aftershocks; at one school, almost 900 eighth and ninth graders were believed to have been buried. Wang was forced to pick his way carefully around the question, aware of its implication that corrupt local officials had siphoned off funds from school construction. He denied that an unusually large number of schools had collapsed. Corruption has proved an inflammatory issue...
...lesson Syesha’s taught me is easier to grasp after a little primer from Top Model. The current finalists—Anya, Fatima, and Whitney—do not include the best photographic model (Lauren, placed sixth), the charismatic fan favorite (Claire, placed eighth), or the girl who arguably looked most like a model in person (Katarzyna, placed fifth...
This time, the presence of a quorum was never questioned, and the official vote on a lower attendance figure went forward. The number of meeting attendees required for a binding vote will be decreased from one sixth to one eighth of the more than 700 FAS professors...
...Tied, 6-6, in the top of the eighth, junior Matt Rogers hit a solo blast to left that put the Crimson up by one. The Huskies never had a chance to respond—Harvard’s two strongest pitchers, seniors Brad Unger and Shawn Haviland, silenced the Northeastern bats in the late innings to secure a 7-6 victory...
...After Hofeld gave up the game-tying blast, Rogers hit what ended up being the game-winning dinger in the eighth. Unger came in as the setup man and blanked the Huskies for two innings, and then Haviland assumed the closing role and ended the game by fanning the final batter with the curveball that made him one of the Ivy League’s most successful pitchers in his career...