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Rocket docket n.--A rapid-fire courtroom schedule utilized by judges in special circumstances...
...Industrialization" of Agriculture: Thanks to the growing rise of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, modern crops are being harvested faster than ever before. But quick and early harvests mean the produce has less time to absorb nutrients either from synthesis or the soil, and minerals like potassium (the "K" in N-P-K fertilizers) often interfere with a plant's ability to take up nutrients. Monoculture farming practices - another hallmark of the Big Ag industry - have also led to soil-mineral depletion, which, in turn, affects the nutrient content of crops...
...Harvard. I want to train them to beat Brown the best way I can,” His old coach Kelleher saw it the same way. “He is the enemy now,” he said. —Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...
...Undergraduate Council vice president this fall—of the Winthrop picks. “It makes me really proud of the dean of our college.”—Staff writer Bita M. Assad can be reached at bassad@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff writer Ahmed N. Mabruk can be reached at amabruk@fas.harvard.edu...
...allows students a means to get information that is consistent—rather than being dependent on which doctor’s office students go to. “There wasn’t a very transparent process if students found themselves pregnant,” Yao said. Eric N. Hysen ’11, the council’s parliamentarian, proposed an amendment to strike funding the brochure. Hysen said that funding the brochure would set a precedent that the UC was willing to fund projects when The College should be paying for them. Doug R. Lloyd...