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...dramatically reduce emissions from the use of oil, coal and other fossil fuels. Kyoto emerged out of concern that the planet's warming - 1998 was the hottest year on record, and 1999 wasn't far behind - will produce catastrophic climatic effects that will make recent "wild weather" patterns look mild by comparison...
Harvard met a minor scare seven minutes into the game when sophomore point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman, who led the Ivy League in assists last year, left the court with a mild ankle sprain...
...Anyway, mild kidding aside, it is a promising bonus that Harvard can now count on some production from its kicking game and not be an exclusively "four down" team. If the games against Penn or Yale end up being close, I have faith that the placekickers will be able to contribute to the team's offensive efforts and provide the decisive edge...
...Steve Allen... Readers under 50 are drawing a blank here, unless they think of a mild-mannered gent with a muskrat toupee who was recently seen fulminating on the lack of standards in contemporary TV (We know, we know, the kids say - it's not nearly gross enough). Perhaps it is natural for every forerunner to become a fossil if he lives long enough. Allen didn't live quite long enough; he was just 78 when he died last Sunday, and was still producing books, songs and impudent opinions at an exhausting rate. But this longtime talker will be remembered...
...Harvard, students seem less apathetic than their counterparts nationwide--according to the IOP, 63 percent of students registered in a recent voter drive. But even here, only five days before America chooses between a Harvard man and a Yalie, excitement in many quarters seems mild at best...