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...after that game that I first wrote a column mentioning the possibility of an undefeated season, especially considering the “doormats” approaching: Princeton, Dartmouth and Columbia. Although I was wrong in assessing those teams—all at the peak of their seasons when met by the Crimson—Harvard remained, you guessed it, undefeated...
...after that game that I first wrote a column mentioning the possibility of an undefeated season, especially considering the “doormats” approaching: Princeton, Dartmouth and Columbia. Although I was wrong in assessing those teams—all at the peak of their seasons when met by the Crimson—Harvard remained, you guessed it, undefeated...
Furthermore, groundless drug tests would represent a step backward from constructive approaches to the problem of adolescent drug use. A 1995 Department of Health and Human Services study found that participation in extracurricular activities is strongly correlated with decreased drug use. The peak hours for juvenile crime are between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., when many students are released from school and have nowhere to go. If schools are worried about student drug use, they should make efforts to involve more students in extracurricular activities rather than lock them...
Furthermore, groundless drug tests would represent a step backward from constructive approaches to the problem of adolescent drug use. A 1995 Department of Health and Human Services study found that participation in extracurricular activities is strongly correlated with decreased drug use. The peak hours for juvenile crime are between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., when many students are released from school and have nowhere to go. If schools are worried about student drug use, they should make efforts to involve more students in extracurricular activities rather than lock them...
...airplane, a task that would require at least 2,000 highly sensitive giant CT-scan machines. Each of these truck-sized x-ray chambers costs a whopping $1.2 million to install, and while the government has pledged $2 billion for the new machines, there are logistics to consider: At peak capacity, each scanner can accurately examine about 150 bags per hour, or 212 million bags per year. Considering that passengers check about 1 billion bags every year, that estimate seems a bit paltry...