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...that title,” Delaney-Smith said. “We’re trying to muster that kind of support again this weekend.”Harvard holds its destiny in its own hands. Come the end of this weekend, the Crimson hopes to have tighten its grip...
...Food and Agriculture Organisation says the world's food stocks are at record lows. And as the food shortage takes a tighter grip, it could start exacting a political toll in more countries than just Pakistan. The threat is particularly sharp in developing countries where food routinely accounts for more than half of household spending, compared to 20% or less in rich countries. As Chaudhry says: Hungry people are not happy people...
...with more precision and efficiency. Stone channels would be widened so the water wouldn't freeze on its way down. Pipes leading to the pools would be deep underground, and made of concrete, to withstand floods. Water would cascade onto fields in April, and global warming would lose its grip, for a while...
...escalators. From the subway station at Sugamo, a neighborhood in northwestern Tokyo's Toshima ward, riders ascend single file to street level at the speed of treacle on a winter day - a pace that allows for feeble eyes to adjust to the rising step and for a firm grip on both red rubber handrails. Here in "Grannies' Harajuku" (an ironic reference to a nearby district famous for its nubile trendsetters and fashion pranksters), slow is the operative word. Heads in the crowd are gray and silver, not black, pink or red. Glasses are for seeing, not for being seen. Shoes...
...Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Noble arrived in Lyons in 2000 as the first non-European ever to head Interpol. His appointment through a vote by all member countries came after fierce lobbying by both Noble and U.S. officials, who were keen to end Europe's grip on Interpol's leadership. Noble came with one driving mission: to shake the organization out of its somnolence and put it to work on major crimes. By then, 186 countries were members of Interpol, but it still lacked the operational focus to put this vast network to effective use. Noble...