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...sheer chance, make the census an unreliable measure of the true homeless population. “The count is highly dependent on conditions. Had we done the census two nights before, there would have been more people,” Berman explained. “But since there was snow it was harder to survey and people were harder to get to. So where did those people go? We just don’t really know.” Assistant City Manager for Human Services Ellen M. Semonoff, also a member of a city committee that published...
...Logic says Canada should do well at events on ice or snow. Since the Calgary Games of 1988, Canada's medal tally has grown steadily, as has its team. (Canada sent a record 196 athletes to Torino, 39 more than went to Salt Lake City in 2002.) The number of medals up for grabs has also swelled: Calgary played host to 46 events; Torino had 84. Of the six new events in 2006, Canada medaled in three: Maelle Ricker's bronze in snowboard cross and silvers in men's and women's speedskating team pursuit...
...record on snow isn't as good as the one on ice in some of the newer events. Sure, two-time World Cup-champion freestyle skier Jennifer Heil, of Spruce Grove, Alta., won gold. But after winning gold, silver and bronze in 1994, the men's freestylers missed the podium for the third straight Olympics. And no Canadian man has made a trip to an Olympic podium in snowboarding since the sport made its debut...
...season, aside from challenging strong competition. Last weekend’s event brought on punishing weather, and this weekend brought more trouble, as the Alpine and nordic teams were forceably split from each other. The Alpine team remained in the championship’s usual location at the Middlebury Snow Bowl and the nordic team traveled to Craftsbury, Vt., to compete at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. “It definitely detracted from the happenings that usually occur at the Middlebury Carnival,” senior Susannah Dickerson said. Neither team appeared to be bothered by the diversion...
There was visible relief at the White House when, after Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, dropped some hints to Fox Radio's Tony Snow that Bush might look favorably on a slowdown of the deal, Dubai Ports World announced it would delay taking over the port operations. That announcement gave the Administration, should it need one, a face-saving way to send the deal back to an interagency group for a 45-day review, buying more time to sell it to Congress. Said White House press secretary Scott McClellan: "We believe that once Congress has a better understanding...