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...Crimson faced stiffer competition at the Georgia Invitational, going up against Georgia, Auburn, Denver, and Florida...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Swimming Continues To Chase Tigers | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

More than 100 representatives of community and environmental advocacy groups showed up in Washington earlier this month to lobby for stiffer government regulation of the mining industry and a ban on mountaintop mining. Recently, representatives of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining visited Appalachia to study the effects in the area. Such mining is devastating the environment, "polluting our streams, poisoning our air and destroying our culture and heritage," says Judy Bonds, co-director of the West Virginia-based Coal River Mountain Watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia, a Battle Over Mountaintop Mining | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...Specter survives the primary, he will face a stiffer test in November against former Congressman Patrick Toomey - the man whose candidacy drove Specter from the Republican Party. In 2004, Specter beat the far more conservative Toomey by a mere 17,000 votes of the million cast in the Republican primary - which is one reason Specter realized he couldn't win a rematch against him four years later in a primary that would be decided by a smaller, more conservative party base. After Specter's party switch, Toomey was down in the polls by 20 points against Specter in a general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Specter Under Fire | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Toprak believes that GM is moving to regain some of the ground it lost to rivals during the company's financial crisis. Ford Motor Co. actually sold more cars than GM in February, the first time that has happened since August 1998. GM also faces stiffer competition from beleaguered Toyota, which is launching a new wave of sales incentives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For GM, It's Two Steps Forward, One Step Back | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...local level, the push to undo the Sunday ban may face even stiffer 
opposition. Jerry Oberholtzer, mayor of Snellville, Ga., has been 
waging a six-year battle to legalize Sunday sales in hopes of bringing
 what he calls "white tablecloth restaurants" to town. But members of
 Snellville's First Baptist Church and others have thwarted his
 efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liquor Laws Make Valentine's Day Blue | 2/14/2010 | See Source »

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