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...local musher, Herbie Nayokpuk, is known statewide as the Shishmaref Cannonball for his top-place finishes in the Iditarod race. Walrus-tusk carving is taught in school, along with the Inupiaq language. And if the town itself is ugly, it is balanced by the desolate beauty of the slate-colored sea, the ducks flying in formation over the lagoon and the musk ox roaming in emerald meadows dotted with wild cotton. Some two-thirds of the local diet still derives from hunting and fishing. In the diamond light of late summer, whole families forage for salmonberries, which the elders...
Week Three of the Ivy League slate is upon us, but before getting to this week’s action, let’s take a look at how last week’s predictions stacked up to the tough test of reality...
Kovacs would add two seconds and third to close out the five race slate, and Johnson went on to record two wins and a third place finish to take the overall title...
...together an agreement for the interim government parties to compete as a single list, to create a kind of force-multiplier for groupings such as his own Iraqi National Accord that have limited political standing. Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani has expressed unhappiness at the idea of a slate of mostly former-exile parties dominating the election in this way, and his boycott threat may yet pressure the major Shiite parties to avoid standing on Allawi's ticket. Among Shiite political groups, the most important questions are whether Sistani gives the poll his blessing - he may be unhappy about...
...Harvard women’s volleyball team moved two games ahead of .500 for the first time since 2002, sweeping its three-game slate and claiming the Dartmouth Invitational title...