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...total score of 345 points. The Dartmouth Big Green came out on top, winning its fifth straight carnival with a final tally of 898.0. The University of Vermont and Middlebury finished second and third with 843.0 and 806.5 points, respectively. In the alpine events, winds of upto 50 MPH and poor visibility provided tough conditions for the teams. Combined with soft snow, navigating the slopes proved to be a challenging endeavor. “It was like a minefield trying to make it down,” senior Katie Connors said. “It was pretty intense, but everyone...
...driver barrels past the building and our security - a pickup full of militia gunmen - follows in our 60 mph dust cloud. The car bounces over several massive potholes, and suddenly we're looking out at the sea over a rocky harbor where a couple of rusted tankers lie in water the color of malachite. The skeleton of a large building looms on a headland overhead. "The Aruba Hotel," says Fanah. "This was once the eighth or the ninth finest hotel in Africa." The tour continues...
...pitching prowess that has earned his beloved status: While most Japanese players show all the flair of dour salarymen, Matsuzaka - with his spiky, sometimes dyed hair and cool self-confidence - more closely resembles the dropout hipsters who populated downbeat Tokyo at the turn of the millennium. But his 95-mph fastball and old-school work ethic and competitiveness have earned him the loyalty of traditional fans...
Connie E. Chen ’08 is an economics concentrator in Kirkland House. Matthew F. Basilico ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Mather House. Jonathan E. Soverow, a MPH candidate at the School of Public Health, is a member of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. The Philadelphia Consensus Statement is available online at www.essentialmedicine.org/cs.
...Deputy Sheriff Timothy Scott of Coweta County, Ga., a rural area 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, had his own Bullitt moment. On a Thursday night at 11 p.m., as a second deputy watched from the side of the road, a car whizzed by doing 73 in a 55 mph zone. The deputy gave chase, his blue lights flashing, but the car accelerated quickly. It ran red lights, crossed double-yellow lines to pass other cars, and hit speeds exceeding 90 mph. Curiously, before every turn, the driver put on his blinker...