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...China's Cultural Revolution, the centuries-old ancestor records compiled by villages were declared "feudal garbage." In India, where most vital statistics are still unrecorded, rare documents are at Hindu holy spots where priests, known as pundits, write down births, deaths and marriages. But the documents, narrow sheaves of paper tied in cloth, are crumbling from rot, and the pundits themselves are dying...
...Adams' narrow alley has a few picnic tables and is packed at lunch time with sunshine-seekers. Not-so-easy access from the dining hall and several steps make for tipsy trays--watch...
Harvard put together mini-rallies in the fifth and the sixth to narrow the final margin. In the fifth, the Crimson got an RBI double from Freshman utility man Mark Mager and a sacrifice fly from senior center fielder Andrew Huling. In the sixth, senior catcher Jason Keck scored on a wild pitch and Mager collected his fourth RBI of the doubleheader on a fielder's choice...
Harvard put together mini-rallies in the fifth and the sixth to narrow the final margin. In the fifth, the Crimson got an RBI double from freshman utility man Mark Mager and a sacrifice fly from senior center fielder Andrew Huling. In the sixth, senior catcher Jason Keck scored on a wild pitch and Mager collected his fourth RBI of the doubleheader on a fielder's choice...
...have built up such a force before Milosevic had gobbled up Kosovo. And sending in ground forces in the face of Serb resistance would be bloody. Mountainous Balkan terrain makes for tougher fighting than Iraq's wide open deserts; Serbs would hold the high ground, including passes too narrow for tanks; mines salt the few roads and bridges. Such pitfalls loom large for officers who came of age in Vietnam. "Part of contingency planning," a Pentagon colonel says, "is looking at options and ruling them...