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Training for the four-mile course of Harvard-Yale put the Crimson in far better condition than it had been prior to its Eastern Sprints defeat...
...Harvard-Yale is a four-mile race and training for that really improves our fitness,” said sophomore Kip McDaniel of the first varsity. “We’re definitely going smoother and faster than we had all year. It’s a nice way to end the season...
...projects. American drilling teams are scheduled to dig much-needed deep wells at twelve district schools, and two high schools in the province's capital, Tarin Kowt, are to be renovated, as well as a small hospital in the dusty district where the raid went wrong. Also, a 50-mile road linking Tarin Kowt with the southern city of Kandahar will be built, reducing the journey from a tortuous five hours to less than 60 minutes. Aid to the area will also include completion of a large bridge spanning one of Uruzgan province's major rivers, a project begun...
...naturally occurring spring rises and summer drops--and capturing much of the silt that gave the waterway its nickname "Big Muddy." The dams offered protection to some 1.4 million acres of rich, river-hugging farmland, curtailed damaging floods and made it possible to hem in the shifting riverbanks with miles of concrete levees and retaining walls. And for the 10 million inhabitants now living and working along its 2,341-mile path, the multitasking Mo is a source of drinking water, electricity and irrigation and a resource for shipping, sport fishing and other recreation...
While researching this issue, which I edited with my colleague Bill Saporito and the help of reporter Deirdre van Dyk, I went on a 700-mile road trip along the trail, taking my 8-year-old son Harry with me to act as a one-kid focus group on its educational prospects. He was mesmerized by a musket demonstration in Great Falls, Mont., and the sight of a stuffed grizzly bear in nearly every public building, though he did question the need to drive 200 miles to see if Sacagawea's landmark of Beaverhead Rock really looks like one. (From...