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...computer climate model anticipated that increase, which means that all current predictions about how much sea level could rise--the latest U.N. report estimated it at a half-meter (about 1.5 ft.) by the end of the century--are too low and will have to be revised upward. Greenland's ice cap covers more than 650,000 sq. mi. and in places stands nearly 2 miles thick. "If it all melted or otherwise slid into the ocean, sea level would rise by 20 ft. or so," says Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton. Under conventional...
...meet with 78 points, defeating Yale by seven and the Crimson by 58. On the other hand, the Yale women (61) barely edged Princeton (60) for first place, with Harvard managing only 38 points. Harvard captured the top two spots in the women’s 60-meter hurdles. Senior Mary Serdakowski took first place at 8.96 seconds, and freshman Dara Wilson came in just a hundredth of a second behind her. Freshman Becky Christensen and sophomore Lindsey Scherf also came away with top finishes for the Crimson women, winning the high jump and the 3000-meter run, respectively...
...finished with 256.0 points, tallying just over half the score of eighth-place St. Lawrence (504.0). Harvard’s best events as a team were also ninth-place finishes, in the men’s and women’s slaloms and the women’s 5000-meter classic. Freshman Jake Segal accomplished the Crimson’s top individual performance, placing 23rd in the men’s slalom with a combined time of 1:43.21 and adding 18.0 points to Harvard’s team total. The Crimson will be back in action next weekend...
...surprise twist, however, fellow U.S. star, and rival Shani Davis announced after his eighth-place finish in the 5000-meter race that he would skip the team pursuit to focus on training for the 1000 meters, in which he holds the world record. Without Davis, Hedrick's quest could end early, as the Netherlands are now the favorites. U.S. Speedskating coach Bart Schoute didn't expect Davis' decision-he refused to comment after the media relayed Davis' announcement to him. Davis also cites altruistic reasons for his choice: U.S. skaters Clay Mull and Charles Ryan Leveille are pursuit specialists...
...back. It would be an efficient way of collecting information. We're testing it among employees, and we'll have a market test with clients this summer. We've had an ongoing test with Arbitron [which does ratings research for radio] for a device called a PPM [portable people meter]. It looks like a little pager, and you wear it, and it would allow us to measure television differently than we do today...