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...world's largest milk producer. Dairy products account for about one-sixth of all E.U. farm produce by value and about 8% of all agriculture exports. But European milk prices have plummeted 40% over the past six months, to around €0.25 ($0.36) per liter, less than the cost of production, according to Copa-Cogeca, a European farmers' association. The group says the price collapse will cost dairy farmers about €10 billion ($14.6 billion) this year alone. (See pictures of cow-pooling...
...core of the Berlin Wall memorial. Plans have been drawn up to add a secular shrine to the victims of the Wall with their portraits embedded in a "window of memory." The list of 136 victims includes eight G.D.R. border guards: two deserters shot by their comrades and six killed by West German police protecting escapees. To exclude them, says Klausmeier, would ignore the extent to which East Germans were coerced by the state. (See pictures of East Germany making light of its dark past...
...well—of the players’ emotions came in the form of several defensive infractions against Holy Cross.Penalties were a frequent source of discontent on the Crusader bench; Holy Cross was set back 120 yards on 10 penalties relative to 50 yards of lost ground on six Harvard penalties. But it was a series of roughing the passer calls that ignited attitudes throughout Fitton Field.The first came early in the game when a Crusader was charged with using his head as a weapon. The call nullified a three-yard loss and gave the Crimson a boost...
...using a combination of short tosses from junior quarterback Collier Winters and short gains on the ground from both Winters and junior running back Gino Gordon. When Winters ultimately connected with Gordon for a five-yard touchdown pass, the Crimson offensive line returned to the bench with not only six points on the board, but also significant time off the game clock. The opening drive controlled four and a half minutes of play.A missed extra point by senior Patrick Long held Harvard’s score at six. But when the Crusader offense took over—led by three...
...gave up our goal with ten minutes to go, and the game was already over.” Grimm echoed the sentiments of his coach, signifying the strength of his team’s defensive effort. “It was another team effort where the back six played particularly well, continuing the defensive games we’ve been having,” Grimm said. —Staff writer Alexandra J. Mihalek can be reached at amihalek@fas.harvard.edu...