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...It’s a huge honor,” said Lieberman-Aiden, a graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology who also studies applied math at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
...That would be huge if we were able to get home ice advantage,” said junior forward Kate Buesser, who was named first-team ECAC after ranking second in the league in scoring with 32 points. “We usually play a lot better with the energy of the crowd, and we know our rink a little bit better...
These revelations come as the financial meltdown has punched a huge hole in projected revenues for governments, which are suddenly a whole lot less tolerant of tax cheats. That's particularly true in Germany, whose wealthy account for a significant portion (at least 10%) of the $1.8 trillion in Swiss banking assets. That translates into hundreds of millions in lost revenue and is the reason the German Finance Minister recently thundered, "There's no future for bank secrecy. It's finished. Its time has run out." The Swiss are not going to be so easily convinced. The Swiss government...
...There are so many basic rights that everyone should be entitled to," said Jackie Michaud, who runs a business with her spouse-to-be. "This is not some huge movement. This is asking for basic protection. This is asking for a safety net that everyone else is entitled...
...Mekong River, which begins on the Tibetan plateau and travels through five other countries before it empties into the South China Sea. According to the Mekong River Commission, a regional advisory agency, China has built or is planning to build eight dams along the Mekong. But while dams raise huge concerns about interfering with sediment flow and fish migration, they can also have a positive impact, says Jeremy Bird, the commission's chief executive officer. "They will redistribute the flow of water, therefore there will be more water available in the dry season," he says. But at the moment, with...