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...base camp when Japanese climb Mount Fuji. One of Japan's most revered natural wonders, the 3,776-m mountain may also be one of its dirtiest. The 200,000 or so visitors who climb Mount Fuji every high season leave behind panoramic piles of refuse on the peak, while overworked toilets along the climbing trail overflow with excrement...
...another winless Ivy League season. “Honestly, we’re feeling great,” junior co-captain Laura Mahon said. “We’ve learned a lot from our losses from the past few matches, and we’re ready to peak at this point.” Harvard’s preseason has been a manifestation of how much the team has changed. The Crimson’s defense—one of its weaknesses last year—has allowed it to win close games and rally from big deficits...
...opener against the Big Green. “Honestly, we’re feeling great,” Mahon said. “We’ve learned a lot from our losses from the past few matches, and we’re ready to peak at this point.” —Staff writer Karan Lodha can be reached at klodha@fas.harvard.edu...
...Taliban guerrillas have overrun swaths of territory in the south, sparking a battle for control with NATO forces that has left 55 Western troops dead in five weeks. Squabbles between Western military commanders and the Karzai government over antidrug policies have allowed poppy growth to reach an all-time peak. It's a sign of how much security has deteriorated in Kabul that Karzai's movements are as restricted as ever. In his meeting with TIME, Karzai's aides would not allow him to be photographed beyond the door of his office, for fear that his whereabouts could be exposed...
...Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert. "It's a political ploy to get attention." Republicans take solace in the fact that the President has a bigger microphone, and is about to enter a season where the nation is focused on the days when he was at his peak...