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...trend is the same in Cambodia, China, parts of Africa and many island nations in the Pacific. What alarms public-health experts most is the speed with which diabetes has reached epidemic levels in these regions-and the fact that it is affecting children as well as adults. In 2000, 151 million people around the world had diabetes; by 2025, that number could double. Over the past two decades, the prevalence of the disease in China has jumped from 0.5% to 5%, while in cities in India, it has gone from 8% of adults in 1989 to an estimated...
...championship formula was elaborated in 2005: a potent lineup, deep pitching, speed on the basepaths, and an Ivy League championship.And through the regular season, the Harvard baseball team replicated the prescription, emerging from the hyper-competitive Red Rolfe Division with a 14-6 record in Ancient Eight play and earning home-field advantage over Lou Gehrig winner Princeton for the all-important Ivy Championship Series. Yet the feisty Tigers dashed the Crimson’s hopes of a repeat appearance in the NCAA Tournament, capturing a stunning doubleheader sweep at O’Donnell Field with unsuspenseful...
...year’s NCAA final—the Whittemore Center on the campus of the University of New Hampshire (UNH)—to square off against the top-ranked Wildcats. The Crimson made a strong effort but was ultimately overwhelmed by UNH’s skill and speed in a 3-1 loss. The defeat ended a campaign that began a mystery, became a disappointment, and wound up—given its gritty post-season performance—a vindication.Harvard started the 2005-06 season having lost its top five scorers from a year ago: record-setting forward...
...photo finish is for,” Kauble said. “It’s pretty tough to go from thinking that you had won to find out that you’re going home with a silver medal. But it was nice for us to find our speed there at the end—our boat refused to give up.”Meanwhile, the varsity straight four took advantage of its lightness in a field packed with heavyweight crews to race to an open-water victory. With two-seat Dan Kettler calling the race, Harvard blew away...
...beginning until the final championship race. With the Badgers coming off of a championship in the 2005 season, they were the team to beat all season long and finished ahead of the Radcliffe and Georgetown crews when it counted. “They usually gain a lot of speed throughout the season—I wasn’t surprised that they got a lot faster between the Knecht Cup and Sprints,” Bates said. “We’ve seen them do that in past years as well.” Earlier...