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...tomorrow in Ithaca, Harvard will have to rely on its pitching and defense to quiet one of the league’s most potent offenses...
...died. The report found that farmers grow about 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) of cannabis in half of the country's 34 provinces - largely in the south. That is where Afghanistan's most fertile land is, the report says, and its rich soil produces an "astonishing yield" of potent hashish of about 320 lb. (about 145 kg) per hectare (about 2.5 acres) - more than three times the yield from cannabis grown in Morocco, another big hash producer. "Afghanistan is using some of its best land to grow cannabis," says Antonia Maria Costa, director of the U.N. drug office...
...sexually charged images. “Garden of Earthly Delights” features nude female figures interacting within a surrealist landscape, while “Erotica” depicts similar figures draped across an imposing, devil-like creature, whose intricate folds of flesh and meticulously detailed features elicit a potent emotional response. Perhaps the most striking of these sexual, unearthly images is “Los Dos Kaylas,” which depicts two faceless, nude figures, their bodies textured with a mélange of colors, perched upon spindly chairs and connected by intertwining heart strings...
From the day McCain picked her from obscurity, Gore has seen Palin as a potent, raw political talent who is not to be underestimated. He didn't mention Palin by name, but he did say "anger is not a platform" and condemned voices who rail "against everything without any kind of sensible policy prescription" for alternatives. Gore's remarks were typical of those by other speakers at the event, including Reid. Democrats know it won't be easy to save control of Congress - and Reid's seat - in November. But the passage of health care gives the President's party...
...says Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. But because California law prohibits openly carried guns from being loaded, they do seem more like symbols than weapons. Which gun-control proponents might regard as a kind of victory: the guns at Starbucks are no more potent than the espresso...