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...Between 1974 and 2006, summer conditions in the Mediterranean expanded by 40%, meaning the season has grown on average one day longer each year. For the Gorgonia and other sensitive suspension invertebrates - the term refers to the organisms' habit of feeding on particles suspended in the water - the added length has made an already tough season even tougher...
...Faust admires the floor-length portrait of former University president Charles W. Eliot...
...vessel can chase pirates into places bigger warships could never go. The LCS is "an ideal platform" for unconventional Navy missions, including "counterpiracy operations," Rear Admiral Victor Guillory, director of the Navy's surface-warfare division, told a House panel on March 10. But at 400 feet in length and $500 million each - and with initial production plagued by problems - the Navy is not going to be able to buy enough to stamp out piracy anytime soon...
...suicides. But Nitschke argues that access to a test reduces anxiety among those who want to know they have a peaceful way out of life should they ever need it - even if they never will. By helping them worry less, the kits, he says, may boost the quality, and length, of a person's life. "That's reassuring and empowering, and it also gives them cause to stop and think before acting," he says. (See pictures of suicide at Jonestown...
...Biglin Bowl, and the heavyweight team took three out of five races from Brown to capture the Stein Cup Saturday morning on the Charles River. The second-ranked lightweight varsity eight never trailed en route to a 12.1 second win over Dartmouth. The Crimson led by a length at the halfway point and continued to stretch the lead for the duration of the course. The win improves the varsity eight to 6-0.The second varsity eight followed suit by getting ahead early and never trailing as it clocked in at 6:19.3 for an 8.8 second victory over the Big Green...