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...said. “That’s something we’ll learn from.” With a 2-0 lead, Long Beach State broke the game open when Lindsay Bullock scored in the 53rd minute. All three goals by the 49ers came in a span of fifteen minutes. “I think it was a mental letdown—a conditioning factor that we need to improve on,” Leone said. Harvard failed to put together a comeback and recorded one shot in the second half. Sheeleigh led the Crimson with three shots...
...Fifteen teams from various food service and catering companies and university dining services participated in the only American Chefs Federation (ACF)-sanctioned team competition, which was held last week at the 14th annual Chef Culinary Conference, sponsored by the University of Massachusetts and Johnson and Wales University...
...suffering Zimbabweans know that no regime is forever. Back in 1965 the country's white ruler Ian Smith - who declared unilateral independence from Britain of what was then called Rhodesia - vowed that "not in one thousand years, not in my lifetime" would black majority rule come to the country. Fifteen years later he retired to his farm, after being ousted from power - by a liberation movement led by Robert Mugabe...
...That is so out of proportion to the reality. Parents think I'm a child molester when I say it, but the Department of Justice data for the last fifteen years is very clear on the subject. As parental hysteria has escalated due to anxieties, the actual data show that this is not a legitimate fear. When you look at the Department of Justice data, this is just not a major phenomenon. You've got to know the kids are in far more danger inside the home than outside the home. Stepfathers are a big problem. Sexual abuse happens...
...deluge that swamped Iowa and much of the Upper Midwest was supposed to be a 500-year flood. Fifteen years later, Iowans are rethinking that judgment. In a spring of calamitous weather, the state's can-do stoicism was tested by two tornadoes; one tore through a Boy Scout camp and killed four teenagers. Rains then swelled the rivers and strained the levees, which burst indiscriminately. Iowa's second largest city, Cedar Rapids (pop. 124,000), and one of its smallest towns, Chelsea (pop. 276), were inundated. On Friday the 13th, downtown Des Moines was under voluntary evacuation. The surge...