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...seven out of 20 games this year, the Crimson (6-12-2) has come up short by the slimmest of margins. The pattern continued Sunday afternoon in a most maddening fashion: up 2-0 with just over three minutes to play, Northeastern raced past Harvard's tiring defense to win in overtime...
These high-profile cases are, Justice critics say, part of a pattern of mismanagement and ethical abuses that reach into the far corners of the department. U.S. Attorneys, who as presidential appointees can operate independently of the Attorney General, have been repeatedly accused of ethics violations. Among them: misleading grand juries, withholding and tainting evidence and entrapping defendants. Department overseers complain that prosecutors break the rules without fear of sanction. It is "the arrogance at the department that's so dangerous. Some of the same people who are responsible for dispensing justice believe they themselves are above the law," says...
...nature's design, romantic love is not eternal, neither is it exclusive. Less than 5% of mammals form rigorously faithful pairs. From the earliest days, contends Fisher, the human pattern has been "monogamy with clandestine adultery." Occasional flings upped the chances that new combinations of genes would be passed on to the next generation. Men who sought new partners had more children. Contrary to common assumptions, women were just as likely to stray. "As long as prehistoric females were secretive about their extramarital affairs," argues Fisher, "they could garner extra resources, life insurance, better genes and more varied...
Other popular courses on this term's top 10 follow the pattern of high CUE ratings for teaching and low ratings for grade competition...
...Freshman Outdoor Program's (FOP) guide hiring process this year will aim for ethnic and economic diversity in an effort to battle what some students say is a self-perpetuating pattern of nonrepresentative selections, FOP steering committee members said...