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...Cato paper reports that between 2001 and 2006 in Portugal, rates of lifetime use of any illegal drug among seventh through ninth graders fell from 14.1% to 10.6%; drug use in older teens also declined. Lifetime heroin use among 16-to-18-year-olds fell from 2.5% to 1.8% (although there was a slight increase in marijuana use in that age group). New HIV infections in drug users fell by 17% between 1999 and 2003, and deaths related to heroin and similar drugs were cut by more than half. In addition, the number of people on methadone and buprenorphine treatment...
...importance of every pitch. It is surprising to see a team with a losing record thrive in such an environment, but that is exactly what the Crimson has done this season.After Harvard tied the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader at four in the top of the ninth, and Stack-Babich held the Big Green scoreless in the bottom of the frame, the Crimson put two runners on base in the 10th inning for Douglas.The Harvard captain delivered, driving an 0-2 pitch from Dartmouth closer Ryan Smith the opposite way into the right-field corner...
...needed to play the percentages.It wasn’t an easy call. After all, his starter—freshman ace Conner Hulse—had handed him a gem, striking out six over 8 1/3 innings against the Rolfe Division champion Big Green.But with one out in the ninth inning of the last league game of the season for the Crimson, Walsh wanted the lefty-lefty matchup against Santomauro, bringing in rookie Will Keuper to face the junior slugger.For a brief second, it looked like the wrong move. Santomauro connected—and hard—on the second pitch...
...point-counterpoint; it is the closest SFA have ever come to genuine, unqualified happiness. The songs on this album revel in a joyous silliness that might seem cutesy in the hands of a less experienced band. But Super Furry Animals are grizzled veterans—this is their ninth studio album—and “Dark Days/Light Years” feels effortless, the work of a highly skilled group of musicians having fun with each other.The prevailing happiness does not preclude SFA from ambition or from surprising the listener; after all, sudden and often bizarre sonic transitions...
...baller than a fly ball, keep an eye out for third baseman and George Clooney doppelganger Mike A. Lowell. To get near the team’s most eligible bachelor, center fielder Jacoby M. Ellsbury, try the low-numbered bleachers for a great view of his bottom of the ninth. The day of the game, don’t bother going MBTA to get from Harvard to Fenway; You can take the M2 bus for free. You’ll have to Green Line it or take a cab coming back. Gates open two hours before game time. Go early...