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...light of recent tensions with Russia, the U.S. should avoid antagonizing Russia without very good reason. The U.S. should not install an unnecessary missile system that risks sparking an otherwise unrelated conflict. If the missiles are truly necessary, then the U.S. should plan to install the missiles somewhere they will not incite Russia to start a needless war. Perhaps Russia is unafraid of another Cold War, but conflict rarely occurs without two willing participants...
...issue to tackle the basic problem: Seventy percent of American oil consumption goes into the transportation sector. Given that the United States currently has the lowest automobile fuel-efficiency standards in the developed world, we need a combination of more stringent regulations, such as closing the “light truck” loophole for sport utility vehicles and creating more market-oriented incentives for the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles and flex-fuel technologies. As high gas prices and a collapsing housing market continue to harm American families, it is important that policymakers learn to separate politicking from...
...have heart for students who have to work to survive.” Representatives from the non-profits Boston 826, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Boston Cares said they saw HollaDay as a forum to recruit volunteers. The importance of HollaDay had particular resonance this year in light of Boston’s Commonwealth Compact, a community initiative to make Massachusetts a location of choice for people of color. “We figure if people feel more comfortable in a place and enjoy it more they’ll stay,” Lee said...
...quick scores gave the Crimson just a 13-0 lead with seven seconds gone in the second frame. “Things didn’t start out very well [for us], but incredibly, it’s also that one thing that you can find that ray of light,” Estes said. “And that was that missed extra point, [that] was huge, because you say to yourself, that will come back to haunt them.”It would not have hurt the Crimson so badly had it not been for the numerous blunders...
...feed the ball in and get more shots.” What could have been a bigger problem—the conditions—wasn’t. There was a 100 percent chance of rain in Philadelphia on Saturday, but the worst the Crimson faced was a light drizzle in the second half. There were times when Mann struggled to corral a ball or two, being forced to punch out others, but for the most part, the team was able to play at a normal pace. “The conditions were surprising, it just drizzled in the second...