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...fragile, both in terms of the climate crisis and because of the military buildup in the Arctic," says Aqqaluk Lynge, president of Inuit Circumpolar Conference Greenland. Things don't always work out for small, oil-rich countries with indigenous populations, he says. "Every night I pray they don't find oil and gas in Greenland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenland to World: "Keep Out!" | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...victory dance around the office watercooler. But fearing the consequences of cheating is a far cry from opposing it because it's wrong. When the refs go to review a close play, fans don't sit there thinking, I hope they'll make the right call. They pray that the call goes their way. According to a 1999 study by psychologists at Murray State, a significant minority of fans--if guaranteed anonymity--would even support injuring an opposing player or coach. In 1940 the Cornell football team forfeited a victory after realizing that it had been mistakenly given an extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil in Every Fan | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...naturally disconcerting. Slattery described his first few weeks as “a bit uncomfortable” and himself as “a little spacey.” He spent time holed up in his room, reading e-mails from friends and family that asked him to pray for loved ones they had lost in the storm. Payne remembers sitting alone on the plane that brought him home to New York from Baton Rouge and registering, for the first time, the experience he had gone through...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: To Here and Back Again | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...victory dance around the office water cooler. But fearing the consequences of cheating is a far cry from opposing it because it's wrong. When the refs go to review a close play, fans don't sit there thinking, I hope they'll make the right call. They pray that the call goes their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil in Every Fan | 9/19/2007 | See Source »

...champs in 2005 sank near the cellar last season and lost their best player from that squad, middle linebacker Zak DeOssie, to the NFL. In other words, the Bears will be bad this year, so it’s “Brown and Duquesne and pray for rain.” This is one a few games they should win, and they will, but not by the two touchdowns the bookies predict...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: I-AA Lovefest Not for the Ivies | 9/14/2007 | See Source »

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