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...says Kevin E. Brown, a Yale freshman. “I just cant see this helping in any way.” But in spite of their bitching and moaning, some Yale students remain optimistic. “Yale kids are going to have fun no matter what,” says Smith. After all, they have plenty of experience making the best of a crappy situation...
...combined 12 doughnuts in 2:15. On the men’s side, 13 students raced to scarf a dozen donuts, while the women’s division saw nine three-member teams in a four-doughnut-a-piece relay. The difference between the two divisions is a matter of taste. As the competition’s emcee—Danielle Thiriot ’07—put it, “The men’s event is the distance event. It’s all about pacing yourself and finishing the whole dozen. The women?...
...Nasar, Gruber, and the fact-checker who worked on the article asking for immediate assistance “in undoing, to the extent possible, the literally world-wide damage” the story had done to Yau’s reputation. “This is not a matter of mere accusation for the purpose of describing potential legal claims,” the letter said. “Rather, these are matters of documented fact. Collectively, these facts demonstrate that you unfairly soiled the reputation of an individual who has spent his entire life earning, justifiably...
...many, the celebration was tempered by memories of the suffering that took place on the same site barely more than a year ago, when the Superdome went in a matter of days from a shelter to a sweltering pit of human suffering after Hurricane Katrina flooded the surrounding streets and knocked out power...
...whose troops are fighting a hot war with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan - Britain, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands - actually considered issuing an ultimatum to Musharraf to either close down the Taliban and arrest its leaders operating from Pakistan, or face the consequences. Instead, they opted to leave the matter for President Bush to deal with at Wednesday's dinner...