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...hurled racist taunts at Real Betis' Brazilian forward Robert. In 2004 Spanish national team coach Luis Aragonés created a stir when he allegedly made racist remarks about Thierry Henry, the black French striker who plays for London club Arsenal. Shortly after, a "friendly match" between Spain and England was marred by the all-too-familiar simian noises. Perhaps most troubling, the xenophobic chants and racist slogans are no longer confined to bands of Ultras. "What concerns me," says Javier Duran, president of the Observatory of Racism in Sport, the body created by the Spanish government to monitor xenophobic...
...economic ties between Taiwan and China and stressed that maintaining the status quo should be the top priority. A popular figure in Taiwan and abroad—and regarded by many as the most likely Taiwanese presidential candidate in 2008—Ma attracted an audience from across New England. “As a student here, he showed quite mature views about cross-strait relations,” said Ezra F. Vogel, emeritus Ford II research professor of the social sciences and former director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. “His US tour...
...significant gender differences in the effect of aspirin on men and women. Aspirin is recommended to people who have had or are undergoing a heart attack, according to Julie E. Buring, principal investigator of the study. The study, which will be published in the print edition of the New England Journal of Medicine later this month, found that aspirin can reduce the risk of stroke in women, but has little or no effect on the risk of heart attack. The opposite is found in studies conducted with male participants, the study said. Researchers said that the study highlights the role...
...broke mine in like five minutes, and had to get another one.”Good thing they did ‘stick’ to lacrosse—the two have flourished under the Crimson garb.Eager to build upon a freshman season in which he was named New England Rookie of the Year and led the team in points and assists, Greg was poised last season to help Harvard contend for an Ivy League crown. Steve, who also had an excellent year in the 2004 campaign, totaling a careeer-high 15 points, was ready at his side. Yet, following...
...this disease.” Umetsu is already studying ways to prevent NKT cells from causing asthma. Asthma attacks are caused by immune system cells overreacting to relatively benign dust, smoke, or other irritants, restricting breathing in the process. According to results of the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week, the frequency of NKT cells in asthmatic patients is roughly a 100 times that found in non-asthmatics. Students afflicted with asthma cheered the advance. “As an asthmatic, it’s frustrating to always be trying to treat the symptoms...