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...minutes of rough and scoreless play, Yale got a good rush that nearly resulted in a goal. The Bulldogs' Jennifer Mendoza was alone in front of the net, but Harvard co-captain Jessica Larson, a mainstay in the back along with freshman Katie Urbanic, kept the Crimson out of harm...
...President's pontifications came as a presidential commission into national security released gloomy findings Monday on the growing series of threats from abroad that may harm ? and kill ? Americans at home in the next century. "The U.S. needs a strong and effective United Nations to deal with problems such as terrorism," says Dowell. Even Kosovo couldn?t be resolved without bringing it back to the U.N. Paying its outstanding $1 billion dues backlog to the U.N. ?- which President Clinton promised Tuesday to press for ?- may help the U.S. reclaim its natural leadership role in the organization...
...Rowing requires a certain mentality. You have to trust the work ethic of the team, for there is no individual star," Browning said. "Success is based on the effort of everyone together, and my teammates make sacrifices for the team. No one does anything to potentially harm her performance, and we have a dry season. The connections are built inside the boathouse and on the water, and, as such, we do not spend much time together outside of crew. Rowing is an extreme sport, not a social sport...
...with the genes of other species. It's one thing if a scientific experiment goes wrong in a lab, they say, but something else entirely if it winds up on your dinner plate. To date, there's nothing to suggest that re-engineered plants have ever done anyone any harm. Nonetheless, the European Union has blocked the importation of some GM crops, and since 1997 has required that foods that contain engineered DNA be labeled as such. Plenty of trade watchers in Washington see the European actions as one more tweak from an increasingly powerful E.U. no longer intimidated...
...trace of mercury preservative added to many vaccines to kill bacteria. While the amount of the additive, called thimerosal, in a single vaccine poses no threat, it's remotely possible that the accumulated mercury in multiple inoculations might cause neurological damage. "We took action before evidence of any harm," says Dr. Walter Orenstein, head of the national immunization program for the Centers for Disease Control. "But even with a theoretical risk, we wanted to work with manufacturers to get to thimerosal-free products as soon as possible...