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...sure, the Rockies’ sudden success is a great thing for Major League Baseball on multiple levels. It renews fan interest to have new teams rotating into the upper echelon of the league, and a winning streak like Colorado’s gains the interest of the passing...
America’s oldest collegiate foodservice has just scored some major bling—but its patrons have yet to show much of an appetite. For the most part, Harvard University Dining Services’ (HUDS) new flat-panel plasma screens and electronic kiosks (for installation in each dining hall) haven’t even sparked brain-break levels of interest. Still, at a campus in which anything and everything inspires debate—from abstinence to alcohol subsidies and single-ply toilet paper—HUDS’ latest effort has not escaped criticism. The new technology deserves...
...chill does set in for this Series, it will definitely change the game. "No doubt," says former major leaguer Orel Hershiser, who pitched for the Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series against the Florida Marlins. In that Series, temperatures fell into the 30s during the three games in Cleveland. Hershiser remembers carrying what he calls a "tool kit" to the mound in freezing temperatures. Since the cold dries out your hands, it's harder for a pitcher to grip the ball. To try to counteract that, Hershiser says he would poor water down his neck, under his uniform...
...incursion is potentially treacherous and could lead Turkey into a quagmire much like the U.S. is facing in the rest of Iraq. The PKK's Kandil Mountain stronghold is notoriously rugged terrain well suited to guerrilla warfare. Air strikes alone are unlikely to be effective against it. A major land offensive, depending on how deep Turkish troops venture and in what numbers, could lead beyond fighting the PKK, to clashes between Turkish troops and Iraqi Kurdish soldiers, as well as civilian casualties...
...region that Washington cannot risk alienating. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Ankara Sunday for "a few more days" and was told by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "take speedy steps." But with war drums beating and a public hungry for revenge, it would take a major move, like a U.S. strike on PKK targets, or the capture and handover of several PKK leaders, to stop an imminent incursion. Neither appears likely...