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...fable-like story is a prickly dialogue between a duck and an owl, who, although they see virtues in each other, can't quite become friends because each fails to understand why the other does things in such an odd way. The duck likes to glide back and forth in the water; the owl prefers sitting high up in a birch tree. The duck eats weeds from the bottom of the pond; the owl hunts small animals in the woods. The duck sleeps at night, the owl during the day. Eventually both realize, as the owl puts...
...famously said that “in politics, the middle way is none at all.” I’m not entirely sure how he would have felt about communism, but I am quite certain that he believed that people should aggressively put forth their positions and argue fervently for them...
Anyone who wantsto see the health benefits ofmunicipal smoke-free ordinances need look no further than Pueblo, Colo. After much political back-and-forth, the city banned smoking in restaurants, offices and other indoor spaces in the summer of 2003 and started seeing results within months. In the year and a half before the ban, the city recorded 399 heart attacks; in the 18 months after the change, there were 108 fewer heart attacks. That 27% decrease alone, according to a study presented last week at the annual American Heart Association meeting, resulted in a savings...
...field and sank eight three-pointers en route to a crucial 69-56 win.HARVARD 69, ALABAMA STATE 56On Saturday, Harvard got off to the hot start it couldn’t find against DePaul, kicking the game off with a Shana Franklin three-pointer and playing a back-and-forth battle with Alabama State throughout the first half.“The DePaul game was demoralizing, and everybody said after the game that the Saturday game could make or break our season—how we would bounce back from that,” Hallion said...
...Saturday, Harvard got off to the hot start it couldn’t find against DePaul, kicking the game off with a Shana Franklin three-pointer and playing a back-and-forth battle with Alabama State throughout the first half...