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...main strip of nightclubs, he said, "Granville Street itself is unlike anything I've seen at an Olympics." And he noted that all the drinking has led to a lot of public urinating. "I've personally witnessed about 8 to 10 guys whizzing at once along a fence half a block off the main street," he said. "It's like the infield at the Kentucky Derby...
...Crimson used its fast-paced style of play to its benefit on the defensive end as well, using its guards to pressure the Bears’ ball-handlers. The tactic was largely successful, as Brown coughed up 10 first-half turnovers...
...first half, the Crimson lead ballooned to 21 as Harvard finished with 54 first-half points...
While Harvard allowed Brown to net some easy baskets early in the second half, the team settled down and cruised to the 20-point victory...
Chile, however, is no stranger to major earthquakes. In 1960, a 9.5-magnitude temblor - the strongest quake ever recorded by scientific instruments - hit the Chilean city of Valdivia, killing nearly 2,000 people. And although today's quake is the strongest in the last half-century to hit Chile, the country has had 13 quakes of 7.0 or higher on the Richter scale since 1973. That geologic history helps explain why building codes are far tougher in Chile than they are in Haiti, which should help limit the number of casualties from today's quake. So far, 147 people have...