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...city of Tianjin and nearby provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong would strengthen air pollution controls as well, but he did not give specifics. Those measures will be key because research has shown that even if Beijing could eliminate all its homegrown emissions, pollution from the surrounding region could push the capital's air to dangerous levels. The capital is also expected to restrict the use of private vehicles during the Games...
...respectively.“The 400 hurdles is a strong event for us,” Saretsky said. “It showed great depth for us, and it showed that Thea and Katie have improved. All three of them can help push each other a little bit.”Sophomore Cara Sprague—having just finished her nordic ski season for the Crimson—competed for the first time this season in the steeplechase. She placed third in the event with an 11:41.87 finish.The women’s 4x400 team—Emde, Lee, Orchowski...
...lived victory in 1994 before his center-right allies turned against him. When he returned for a second term in 2001, and refused to resolve a mammoth conflict of interest linked to his media and financial holdings, alarm bells went off across Europe. Though he used his power to push through laws that favored his business interests, and allowed him to wriggle out of lingering court cases, fears that Italy's basic democratic institutions were at risk turned out to be unfounded...
...seven unanswered goals, four coming from Princeton offensive threats junior Holly McGarvie and freshman Lizzie Drumm. “Princeton came out hard in the second half and we didn’t retaliate,” Martin said. “We needed to come out and push as hard as we did in the first half.” With the Tigers up 16-8, the Crimson got on the board for the final time. With five minutes left to play senior Natalie Curtis launched a goal into the back of the net. Coming into the game, Harvard...
...senior five-seat Matt Young. The young group got its first introduction to Cornell on Saturday, when the Big Red took a two-to-three seat lead off the start and gradually widened the gap.The Big Red took advantage of its turn-laden home course to make a concerted push just past the 1,000-meter mark, adding a few seats to the early lead. Cornell maintained the pressure through the crucial third 500 and built the lead to seven or eight seats as the two boats headed into the last 500 meters of the race. With each 500 meters...