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...fans are guilty of racist abuse by deducting league points and imposing relegation or disqualification from tournaments, with a two-year international ban for countries that don't comply. "Recent events have demonstrated that there is a need for concerted action and an urgency for more severe measures ... to kick this evil out of the beautiful game," said fifa president Sepp Blatter. Something had to be done and, as the Eto'o incident showed, particularly in Spain. Although players of African descent are routinely harassed during soccer matches, it took the three-time African Player of the Year's near...
...North and South poles that those steambath conditions are felt particularly acutely, with glaciers and ice caps crumbling to slush. Once the thaw begins, a number of mechanisms kick in to keep it going. Greenland is a vivid example. Late last year, glaciologist Eric Rignot of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Pannir Kanagaratnam, a research assistant professor at the University of Kansas, analyzed data from Canadian and European satellites and found that Greenland ice is not just melting but doing so more than twice as fast, with 53 cu. mi. draining away into the sea last year...
Like the U.S., Sweden is addicted to oil. Unlike the U.S., it has a plan to kick the habit--and a deadline. By 2020, says Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development, the country will no longer be dependent on fossil fuels. "By then," she declares, "no home will need oil for heating, no motorist will be obliged to use petrol [gasoline] as the sole option available...
...Donato recalls.The forward knew that his perseverance would pay off, and his junior year—highlighted by solid performances against Boston College, Vermont, and Maine—showed glimpses of what was to come.And then he became The Man.Donato placed him on the top line to kick off this season, and the winger responded with goals in the first two games of the season. In November and December, Murphy notched a goal in seven straight contests, quickly arousing the notice of opposing coaches and blueliners around the league.Who was this guy, and where had he come from...
...there is food,” Gogan said. “People don’t eat all their food.” Custodians and yard garbage collectors will see a rat every two or three months, according to Gogan. They “learn to go around and kick the barrels before they dump them” to scare away rats, he said. —Staff writer Shifra B. Mincer can be reached at smincer@fas.harvard.edu...