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Rose scrambled for 22 yards on the first play, setting up first-and-10 at midfield. On the next play, Farley reached around a Husky defender while sprawled out in midair to make a spectacular 23-yard diving catch. Farley led all Harvard receivers with four catches for 78 yards...
...Congress passed a wide-ranging law--named for its principal sponsors, Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar--to reduce the threat of nuclear proliferation. Nunn-Lugar and other programs spend $872 million a year to safeguard the former Soviet Union's weapons of mass destruction. Washington has had some spectacular successes in this field; in 1994, more than 1,300 lbs. of fissile material were airlifted from Kazakhstan to the U.S. But critics contend that Nunn-Lugar is underfunded. The Bush Administration has proposed cutting its budget $100 million this year, a sum that took $20 million...
...lack of attractions. Pristine beaches ring the island and many, particularly in the southeast, remain untouched. Snorkeling, diving and surfing can be world-class, and new sites are being discovered all the time. Climbing the active 3,726-m-high volcano Rinjani (see Detour) offers some of the more spectacular and secluded hiking in the whole of Southeast Asia. Even those who want little more than a spot to sunbathe should take time to explore central Lombok and the lush rice terraces contouring the fertile lower crater slopes...
...drop in visitor arrivals has made some touts adopt a creative hard sell. On a straightforward path to the spectacular 50-m-high waterfall north of Tetebatu, Hasan Udin stops us and explains we have to take a guide. Not because we are likely to get lost or even because he has something to teach us about the surrounding forest. Try to think of it as a marriage, he says. "Sometimes you have a wife and she is no good so you have to get a new one," says Hasan, who, at 25, has just wed his fourth...
Freshmen sensation Kaego Ogbechie cooled down somewhat with 15 kills and 11 assists, a step back from her previously spectacular 3.76 kills per game average. However, Ogbechie returned on Saturday to help lead Harvard to its two consecutive victories and the eventual tournament...