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...presented at a conference of the same name last year. But it does point out that the temperature need only rise about halfway to the worst-case scenario for such catastrophic events as the melting of the Greenland ice cap, or, worse yet, the West Antarctic ice sheet. The latter event could raise sea levels a whopping 5 meters, or about 16 ft., which could drown huge swaths of low-lying coastland and essentially wipe out countries like Bangladesh and the Maldives. Modest temperature increases could also shut off key ocean currents, like the Gulf Stream, plunging Europe into...
...because many party strategists believe Bush has a ceiling of 52%, says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. "It's hard to imagine anyone who didn't vote for his re-election would approve of his job performance." And aides felt the President had aced his recent appearances. The strategy--a latter-day version of "let Reagan be Reagan"--was to get Bush out of rigid, scripted settings and have him adopt a looser, more self-deprecating style so that people would see the casual side that had originally won the country over...
...earned five points for Harvard by placing second in the 200 meter dash and third in the 60-meter sprint. For the men, the only victories came in the jumping events, from seniors Samyr Laine and Travis Hughes. The former won the triple jump and placed second behind the latter in the long jump—together earning 15 of Harvard’s points on the day. Both teams return to action this Saturday for the Dartmouth Indoor Classic. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...lose.” Robinson, who finished with a game-high 16 points, was held scoreless for the first 15 minutes of the second half, as the Crimson hit just 6-of-22 field goals and went more than five minutes without a point to start the latter frame. Yale, however, was just as cold, shooting 30 percent in the second half and coughing up 24 turnovers on the night. The Crimson built an eight-point lead on five quick points from guard Lindsay Hallion and another layup from freshman forward Katie Rollins. Up 42-34 with under 10 minutes...
...Sometimes what we call ambition is simply talent so great that it cannot contain itself. Mozart, Einstein, Paul McCartney and Bill Gates come to mind. But in other cases, ambition is just greed. Many of the famous folk in your story fit the latter category. Ken Taub St. James, New York...