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...first game began strongly for Harvard, with a solid serve by sophomore Petey Buletza and a forceful spike by senior Chris Wood...
...this current, argue Broecker and Denton, that keeps the Arctic relatively warm and glacier free. When it stops running, an ice age -- or a cold spike -- begins. What causes a turnoff? An influx of fresh water might do it, by diluting the saltiness and density of the current, preventing it from sinking and heading back to the tropics. There is evidence that at just the time the Younger Dryas began, a huge North American lake (which no longer exists) began dumping Amazonian quantities of fresh water into the North Atlantic. The discharge stopped about 1,000 years later...
...demand for gun control and a furious demand for guns. Rage over the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy prompted Congress to pass the Gun Control Act of 1968 -- which banned mail-order gun sales and regulated the interstate transportation of firearms but also produced the largest spike in gun sales recorded in American history. Sales of handguns doubled just before the new law took effect...
...proposal in Mather is screening films which relate to racial and gender issues, including "Jungle Fever" and "The Philadelphia Story." Other suggested events include lectures by visiting faculty, such as filmmaker Spike Lee and author Jamaica Kincaid...
...explained Leland's chairman, Joshua Evans. "Lots of use is desirable. Our great jerseys have never been cleaned and are all sweaty and dirty." Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers shirt from 1949 was carried down the ballroom aisle hung on a gold stanchion, like some saint's relic, and spike marks and bloodstains could be seen on the right sleeve. Robinson's widow Rachel, who consigned the jersey, watched from the front row as it sold...