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...easy road.”Harvard is relishing its status as underdog.“You can see from the last two years that it’s not as predictable as you would think,” junior Kwaku Nyamekye said. “Anything can happen.”Massachusetts’ run in the tournament last year serves as proof of that. But while their 2007 performance may have come as a surprise, the Minutemen returned the bulk of the squad, and their combination of size and experience means that nobody will take them for granted...
...heart attack went down 50 percent,” Ridker said. “This is a magnitude of effect about twice as large as what you would predict. Similar studies found a 20 to 30 percent reduction in risk. The question becomes, ‘Why does this happen? Did we hit the sweet spot...
...Podesta and other CAP staff have made clear that they do not want the organization to become an arm of the Obama Administration, but there will be clear pressures . "Much of the change is yet to happen," says Wartell, who is running CAP until Podesta completes the transition and returns. "The idea here is to be a think tank. It's not to be a government is waiting. We created this institution to be here 30 years from...
...world economy in the throes of a precipitous slowdown and even Africa's crisis agenda now dominated by the upheavals in eastern Congo and the exploits of Somalia's pirates, it's easy to forget all about Zimbabwe - which is exactly what President Robert Mugabe may be hoping will happen. Mugabe and his inner circle have doggedly fought to maintain absolute control over Zimbabwe, despite having agreed on Sept. 15 to share power with the opposition, in order to resolve the political crisis resulting from the ruling party's refusal to accept the results of the March 28 elections...
...agreement that have taken place in several cities. Or he may just be desperate: if he can't break the coalition opposed to the deal, the deal is effectively dead. Hoping, perhaps, to frighten his opponents into their senses, he painted a grim picture of what would happen if the SOFA weren't ratified. Iraq, he said, would have to ask the United Nations to renew the mandate that allows the U.S. military to occupy the country, and that would mean Iraq's security would remain in American hands...