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...time to ponder the misty jungle around us. An occasional hornbill glides by, its wings sounding like flapping canvas. Romulus finds plenty of leopard footprints in the sand around our camps, but no sign of the owners or the pit vipers. One night, we try to keep a sentry fire burning all night in the rain to scare off wild elephants. The fire gutters out, but luckily the elephants have better things to do than crush us like bugs as we sleep...
...agreed with Pope Benedict XVI’s statement that the answer to the African AIDS crisis lies in the promotion of faithful partnerships rather than increasing the availability of condoms. “I knew that if I agreed with anything the Pope said it would cause a fire-storm,” said Green. “I took the opportunity to cause an uproar and focus on the evidence.” Citing several studies published in peer-reviewed journals since 2004, Green said that empirical data does not support the idea that condoms are successful...
...remains to be seen how the case of Varun Gandhi will affect the BJP's chances. In any case, his supporters have not been quiet. On Saturday, after he turned himself in, they fought a pitched battle with the police and laid siege to the jail. Police responded by firing tear gas shells and charging the demonstrators with canes, injuring 25 people. His mother Maneka further stoked the anger when she claimed a Muslim officer had led the charge. In India's often overheated politics, the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty knows about playing with fire...
...Field in Philadelphia, Pa. Finally hitting its offensive stride just in time for the start of the Ivy season, the Crimson beat the Quakers after splitting a weekend series with Columbia, in which the team was limited to only one run in two games. But the bats were on fire for Harvard yesterday—the team scored eight runs on 19 hits to overpower its Penn counterparts.“It feels really good to have a winning record after our first weekend out,” co-captain Hayley Bock said yesterday. “We were pretty...
...other profession would it be considered acceptable to fire employees solely for being new at the job or exploring time off, regardless of their job performance. Indeed, research consistently reaffirms the strong connection between teacher quality and student achievement; schools cannot afford to lose effective teachers because of seniority rules. Moreover, because teacher pay is also related to seniority—and recent hires have the lowest salaries—cutting only the newest hires means that school districts must lay off more teachers in order to balance their budgets, further straining school resources and driving up class sizes...