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While the outstanding play of the freshmen was a major factor in Harvard’s ability to go from a 5-10 record in 2002-2003 to a 7-5 record this year, there were obviously other key pieces to the puzzle...
...relative to his statistics—he led the Ivy League in home runs with 14 this season, and is Harvard’s career leader as a sophomore—he and Walsh quickly cite his unique status as a draft eligible sophomore as a contributing factor. The Major League Baseball draft rule requires players to either be in their junior year, or age 21. Farkes turned 21 literally days before the draft...
...been transmitted by Sistani, who met with Sadr last weekend, signaling the extent to which the upstart firebrand's stature has been enhanced, rather than diminished, by the confrontation with the U.S. in which he lost hundreds of men. The fact that Moqtada Sadr looks likely to be a factor in Iraqi politics long after Paul Bremer ceases to be one is a sharp indicator of the policy shifts implicit in the current hand-over plan...
...personal responsibility to cut down on smoking and when the government had little to say on the matter. In many ways, he says, where we are in fighting obesity today is similar to where we were with cigarettes in the early '60s: "We've identified a health-risk factor, but we're only now starting to get serious about conveying its importance and magnitude to the public...
...suburbs and spreading waistlines. Very simply, people who live in communities where it's hard to get anywhere on foot are heavier than those who live in less car-dependent settings, whether densely settled cities like Boston and Chicago or just pedestrian-friendly towns. While diet remains an important factor in the obesity epidemic, it's becoming increasingly clear that Americans are shaped partly by how America is shaped...