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Yale’s boats each won two of their four races on Saturday, combining for a scant 18 points to win the regatta...
...scant attention the mainstream American press devotes to any hurricane’s path through the impoverished islands of the Caribbean is certainly frustrating. But because of the grievous destruction in both human and material terms, Jeanne seems a particularly outrageous case—almost all attention was focused on far less deadly damage to southern Florida. After all, it’s a swing state...
...also, regrettably, seen in American coverage of Iraq. The American media immediately and in great detail cover the deaths of American soldiers and constantly replay stories relating to the deaths of American civilian contractors. However, the same news organizations that seem so overly concerned with American lives make scant mention of far larger numbers of Iraqi dead, side-noting casualties that sometimes get into the dozens in just a single...
...each ibuprofen pill. Uninsured and living mainly on her husband Joe's $800-a-month pension at the time, she says she tried to negotiate a payment plan, but the hospital refused. Provena won a judgment, and today the couple pays $100 in monthly installments, with scant hope of paying off their $27,000 in hospital bills (owed not just to Provena). Says Joe, 63: "We didn't go in expecting charity, but we didn't expect exorbitant prices either...
...opener against Marist, the Lafayette ground attack was rolling to the tune of 289 yards on 56 carries and a time of possession of nearly 35 minutes. But the following week, Georgetown shut the Leopards down, allowing a scant 2.8 yards per carry...