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...meant for us to come back today.” It was not just bad luck that kept the Crimson out of the Big Green net. Dartmouth boasts the stingiest defense in the Ivy League, having given up only seven goals all season for an average of 0.5 goals per game. And although this is the first time Harvard has been shut out all year, it is the ninth time the Big Green defense has blanked an opponent this season. “It was a typical Harvard-Dartmouth soccer game—kind of a battle, and kind...
...While I applaud gm for going hybrid, i question the wisdom of debuting the technology in an SUV. Twenty miles per gallon (12 liters/100 km) is nothing to brag about, regardless of vehicle size. I get 32 m.p.g. driving a Chevy Malibu in rural Vermont. By putting hybrid power in an SUV, GM shows it still doesn't quite get the idea. George Simpson, Pittsfield, Vermont...
...recommends half a cup to a cup of whole-grain cereal per day, adding that moderation is important, because weight gain can contribute to diabetes and high blood pressure, negating the positive effects of whole grain consumption...
...determine what individual nutrients, if any, in whole-grain cereal [are] behind these findings.” CORRECTION: The Oct. 25 news article "Wholesome Grains, Stronger Hearts" incorrectly stated that risk of heart failure was reduced among men who ate seven or more servings of cereal per day. That amount of cereal was, in fact, consumed per week...
...aren't exactly cowed by these traditional verbal assaults. They have thrived on it in the past: heated U.S. rhetoric usually bolsters their image at home as the island's anti-Yanqui defenders. With plenty of material support from Hugo Chavez in Venezuela (about 90,000 barrels of oil per day on highly favorable finance terms), the embargo, though still onerous, is not as painful as it once...