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Cornell tried to reduce Harvard’s advantage in skill and speed with rough, scrappy play...
...some of the country’s most underachieving, understaffed schools. Last year, TFA saw its applicant pool triple from the usual 5,000 to a whopping 14,000, all vying for only 2,000 positions. The sudden increase is in part attributable to the bad economy and rough job market. But TFA teacher Ajarae D. Johnson ’02 believes that the boom relates to the events surrounding 9/11: “People want to do something meaningful with their lives, and to give back [to the community...
...women’s race, Harvard ended a rough season with a strong effort behind the frontrunning of freshman phenom Laura Maludzinski, who took 27th...
...basis for negotiations. A final deal will be put to a vote in two separate referendums in March. A settlement is vital for Cyprus to join the European Union by 2003. SPAIN Crisis Coast An oil tanker carrying 77,000 tons of fuel began to leak in rough seas 50 km off Galicia. As the Prestige drifted to within 5 km of the coast, 24 crew members were airlifted to safety. The captain, who stayed on board with two officers, reportedly refused to allow tugboats to tow the stalled ship. He was arrested for disobeying official orders and endangering...
...these remote parts of Africa, it’s impossible to prevent rebels from laying their hands on rough diamonds. Ideally, however, these diamonds would be prevented from being sold on the open market because they lack the necessary certification. But the implementation of the Kimberly Process is actually left up to the customs officials of each nation, and to private diamond cutters. Unscrupulous diamond cutters will easily be able to circumvent the certification system by refining the rough diamonds, for polished diamonds do no require certificates. Why? Because there are centuries’ worth of polished diamonds in circulation...