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...fuzzier ball. Still, there were advantages to playing this strange sport. "Because my teammates and I were among the first people to play tennis in China, we always got new outfits," recalls Zheng, now 22, who nabbed her first Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles and doubles titles in Hobart, Australia, last year. "China was poor back then, so we loved tennis because it gave us a chance to wear cool clothes...
...they train suicide bombers only fuel the terrorists' desire to carry out destruction. Why not report on the good things the U.S. is achieving in Iraq and Afghanistan and what our families back home are sacrificing for the freedom of others? Sergeant Robert E. Williamson Jr. U.S. Army Reserves Hobart, Indiana, U.S. The Agony of Kashmir The earthquake that hit Kashmir brought more than grief and devastation to this underdeveloped region [Oct. 24]. More than 50,000 people are dead, hundreds of thousands are injured, a whole generation has disappeared, children are orphans, and villages are completely destroyed...
SERGEANT ROBERT E. WILLIAMSON JR. U.S. ARMY RESERVE Hobart...
Despite Wechsler’s criticisms of the social norms program, many schools have stuck by it, and some have reported great success. From 1995 to 2000, for instance, Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported a 30.2 percent decline in the number of students who are frequent heavy drinkers. Northern Illinois University, meanwhile, reported a 44 percent reduction in heavy episodic consumption of alcohol over a ten-year period...
Some critics questioned the reliability of such statistics, pointing out that the majority of the data is collected through self-response surveys. In order to give the numbers more validity, some schools—including Hobart and William Smith, University of North Carolina, and Kent State—have started administering anonymous breathalyzer tests in front of dorms between 10 pm and 3 a.m. The results have shown that the majority of students come home having done little drinking, according to Perkins. And as Perkins says, “[Blood Alcohol Content] tests don?...