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...Harvard ski team opened its season last weekend with a 10th-place finish at the Bates College Winter Carnival in Bethel, Maine. Men’s junior captain Christopher Kinner was the Crimson’s top finisher in the competition, placing 19th overall in the giant slalom. Kinner skied four seconds faster in the event’s second race to finish with a combined time of 2:36.62. Kinner finished just .33 seconds behind freshman Kevin McNamara in the slalom, with McNamara placing 31st overall. McNamara was 39th in the GS, while sophomore Brad Alvarez finished 46th. Sophomore...
There was a time not so long ago when U.S. fast-food giant McDonald's was viewed by European consumers as the advance scout of what the French loudly decried as American cultural imperialism. The Golden Arches, ran the prevailing European line, were a threat to the Continent's refined palates and appreciation of the civilized sit-down meal, and the livelihoods of people staffing "real" restaurants. Well, with the global economic crisis deepening, even the French aren't complaining nowadays - especially with news that McDonald's plans to invest more than $1 billion to keep its lucrative European business...
...exclusively on the political left - as major precipitating causes of the financial meltdown. And while both were signed into law by Bill Clinton, Gramm has taken the most heat. (It hasn't helped that, since leaving the Senate in 2002, he's been working for Swiss banking giant UBS, which has sustained huge losses on bad mortgage securities and derivatives...
Others would argue there's value in getting giant corporations on board with carbon caps, even if it means offering them a watered-down proposal. But even that may be onerous: As difficult as it was convincing the public that climate change was a clear and present danger - and a majority of conservatives are still doubtful - the political fight to really cut carbon emissions will be knottier. Although Obama has surrounded himself with scientists who believe that global warming is our biggest threat - including Nobel Prize-winner Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, and Harvard's John Holdren as White House...
...companies. Kellogg Co. has recalled 16 of its products, including items from its Keebler and Famous Amos labels, and said salmonella was found in some of its peanut-butter crackers. The outbreak, which may have contributed to six deaths, is unrelated to a 2007 peanut-butter recall by food giant ConAgra...