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...round, when No. 3 freshman Richard Hill, No. 6 Endresen, and No. 9 sophomore Alastair Smith all quickly beat their Mustang Opponents, 3-0. Two more victories came from freshman Eliot Buchanan—who played the fifth seed—and junior Niko Hrdy, who played the fourth seed. No. 1 sophomore Colin West beat his opponent with ease, only ceding one point the entire match. The next day of competition against Trinity would prove to be far more of a challenge for Harvard. The Crimson fell, 9-0, but a few matches were close and could have...
BOSTON—For a tournament that has little bearing on where a team resides in its conference standings or what seed a squad will draw in the NCAA Tournament, the Beanpot is a pretty big deal in women’s hockey...
...logistics and intelligence were pivotal, though Déby's tactical prowess and rifts among the rebels helped too. Neither of the two main rebel chiefs, Timan Erdimi and Mahamat Nouri, wants the other to become President. The French weapons now pouring into Chad on Libyan aircraft will not seed stability. Many will flow into the armory of Déby's Darfurian ally Ibrahim Khalil, leader of the Justice and Equality Movement, encouraging him to escalate his war in Darfur...
...that defense is in peril. Often, the seed banks with the richest collections are located in unstable countries that don't take care of them. When Afghanistan's seed bank was looted during the Taliban's rule, rare varieties of walnuts, cherries and apricots were lost. Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an agricultural NGO, estimates that as many as half the seed banks in the developing world may be at risk...
...ensure that an agricultural doomsday never comes, Fowler and his colleagues have organized the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an international seed bank built into a mountain on a Norwegian island in the Arctic. A Fort Knox for seeds, the vault will be a backup for the backups and will eventually be expanded to include genetic samples of every crop on the planet. The first shipments, from more than 36 African nations, arrived at the end of January, and there will be room for as many as 4.5 million samples once the facility opens Feb. 26. The specimens will be kept...