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...After Prop 2 in California, what's next on your agenda? We're out to eliminate cock fighting and dog fighting. We are trying to stop the Canadian seal hunts and other large-scale commercial killing of marine mammals. We are trying to shut down canned hunts, where people shoot animals in fenced enclosures for a fee and a guaranteed kill arrangement. We are working toward eliminating euthanasia of dogs and cats in shelters and animal control agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Animal Cruelty on the Ballot | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...though there didn't seem to be many takers. That's hardly surprising, of course: while banks and companies are laying off managers and white-collar staff by the hundreds, heavy industries are laying off blue-collar workers by the thousands. The GAZ auto works in Nizhni Novgorod has shut down its assembly lines; the giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works in the Urals has placed 3,000 workers on forced leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economic Darkness Descends on Putin's Russia | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...Leone said. “That was a critical point blank save. [Junior Lauren] Mann made another great save in overtime. Same kind of thing. It was an excellent game for both of them.” Dale recorded four saves in the first half, and Mann shut out Dartmouth while also making four saves in the second half and overtime. In the second frame, Harvard finally tied the game when sophomore Katherine Sheeleigh found the net in the 73rd minute. Sheeleigh received a long ball from freshman Melanie Baskind and then blasted a right-footed shot into the lower...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Draw Leaves Three Tied for League Lead | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...tough game…all in all, I think the guys can be very proud.”Last season, Harvard led the ECAC in penalty kills, allowing only nine goals in 103 power-play chances in league play.On Friday, Dartmouth made 15 power-play attempts, and the Crimson shut down all but one. In the second period, the Crimson faced a long 5-on-3 disadvantage, but managed to kill the Big Green’s chances.“We’ve got to give a lot of credit to our penalty kill and to our power...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Power-Play Unit, Penalty Kill Overworked in Win | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...teeth, was the tip of his tongue, which darted forward when he saw her, as if tasting the air. Roxanna’s conscious mental processes had abandoned her completely, and it was only by virtue of her years of training that she managed to mumble an apology and shut the door behind her. Back in the hallway, she fell into confusion. Her first instinct was toward prayer (her first instincts were almost always toward prayer), but she did not know what to pray for. The marbled vestibule seemed to spin around her in a white haze. All around...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 11 | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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