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...first varsity eight allowed Princeton to gain a lead in the first 1,000 meters but kept pace through the second half of the course cruising to a 6:51.8 finish—6.1 seconds behind the Tigers, who won the cup back from No. 13 Radcliffe...
...public credit in the Mexican Treasury; former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; and former Honduran President Ricardo M. Joest. The conference, in which nearly 700 individuals have requested a spot, still has spots open for the general public. “We hope that audience members will gain a fresh understanding of where things stand in Latin America in terms of where the region is headed,” Martini said. “I think the draw of the conference is that participants will gain this knowledge from practitioners who know Latin America intimately...
...boss, Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, and parliamentary leader of her own conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), Jean-François Copé, had engaged in "a contest of cowardice and inelegance" in cynically refusing to back her up in a tight spot for their own political gain. The spectacle of a cabinet member publicly slagging off her ministerial superior and the majority leader as wimps created a deafening roar on the right...
...with it. For example, when considering human evolution, chimpanzees are the closest common ancestor to humans. Male chimps when trying to mate often turn violent. Field studies have observed male chimps forcing copulation with female chimps, coercing them with threats of violence, and in extreme cases killing infants to gain access to females. This is natural in chimps, and arguably aspects of this behavior are natural in human males. Natural in that in the behavior does exist, not that it ought to exist. The naturalistic fallacy has led to eugenics, sexism, and the birth of the Science...
...there is nothing the Democrats would like to do more than portray McCain as a rank hypocrite, someone who has sidled up to George W. Bush and flip-flopped on torture, all for political gain - which is exactly what Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean claimed in March. "It is shameful that George Bush and John McCain lack the courage to ban torture," Dean said in a statement. "And it is reprehensible that McCain changed his position on torture just to win an election...