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...faced with a number of ways to quench the creeping threat of thirst. The country’s deficient plumbing system, the source of many of its problems, demands a massive overhaul, but the employment of simple techniques to capture rain over just one to two percent of the land would provide as many as 100 liters of water per person a day—much more than the 2.5 liters needed. Groundwater wells contaminated with bacteria from raw sewage, pesticides, and iron could be also be purified using more advanced technology. But these measures won’t come...
...finishing the weekend with two wins, the No. 2 Harvard women’s hockey team stated its case to be No. 1 in the land. After a Crimson win and a loss by No. 1 New Hampshire the night before, Harvard (11-0-0, 9-0-0 ECAC) skated past Providence (6-8-2, 4-2-1 Hockey East) by a 4-1 count on Saturday night in Providence, R.I. The triumph extended the squad’s perfect season-opening string to 11 games, matching a run by the Crimson’s 2003-04 team. Tri-captain...
...critics of the address decried Yasin’s right to speak at Commencement altogether, pointing to his support while HIS president of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development—an NGO which the U.S. State Department alleges has ties to Hamas, a Palestinian militant movement...
...Jessica Shumaker, spokesperson for the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), an independent agency which reviews construction projects in Boston, said that negotiations between BC and the surrounding community are ongoing. “The communities want to have a real discussion in terms of how they use the land,” she said. BC submitted its plans to the agency this week. Construction on Harvard’s Allston science complex is slated to begin this spring...
...abroad in the 2006-07 fiscal year, and would reflect a net outflow of FDI for 2007. And the most high-profile deal may be yet to come: Indian car firms Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra are two of the three final bidders for British auto makers Jaguar and Land Rover, which are being offloaded by U.S. giant Ford...