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Most pedestrian accidents, according to Branyan, happen because people jaywalk or drivers ignore existing traffic laws - which require, for example, yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk, heeding the speed limit and stopping at red lights. A pedestrian dies every 110 minutes in the United States, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and there has been an increase in the last few years in pedestrian deaths in Washington and other urban areas across the country, prompting governments in the D.C. metro area to launch a new advertising campaign aimed at increasing pedestrian safety. It is both "edgy and blunt...
...good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money. That's O.K. I will sit in a corner and be broke with the Lord before I will sit there and have them give me millions and sell my soul. It ain't gonna happen...
...moment of Kubota's career was when Ichiro tallied his 258th hit of the 2004 season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old major-league record. "It felt so lucky to witness the breaking of a record that was set before I was born," says Kubota. "That might not happen even once in 100 years' time...
...Iraq. “Whenever I see Ted, I hate this war so much, it hurts,” he said. “Ted and I both love our country. We love it so much that we hate this war and didn’t want it to happen.”Everyone applauded, then started chanting, “We don’t want war any more!” and “Iraq for Iraqis! Troops home now!”The next speaker was Jane Collins—author...
...that the University Development Office has had success this year in raising money from donors affiliated with FAS for a wide range of University priorities, including for graduate schools and Harvard’s art museums. She said she hopes to increase donations overall so that this does not happen at the expense of FAS and the College. Faust said that there has been no backlash from those within FAS as of yet. “Tamara went around and talked to all the deans before she did this and explained to them what her goals were and tried...