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...initial momentum appeared to swing in Harvard’s favor, as the team jumped on its traveling partner early and often. The Crimson outshot Brown by six in the first period and won 23 of 28 faceoffs...
...general public is not so amenable. According to a TIME/CNN poll, 61% of Americans oppose spending billions for the project. They think the money would be better spent at home. "So far out here, it's landed with a big thud," says a top Republican strategist in a key swing state. "People are saying 'Why can't we take care of our own first...
...senior military officers who feel Musharraf has already gone too far in appeasing the White House. Khan's travel has been restricted, and even inside Pakistan, he is always accompanied by two military officers. He rarely leaves his Islamabad mansion except to venture out to feed wild monkeys that swing down in the nearby forest. Officials in Washington meanwhile cross their fingers that Musharraf can and will make sure that with Khan sealed away, Pakistan's nuclear giveaway is over...
...surprising that George W. Bush made immigration reform his first major initiative of this election year. More than 90% of Hispanics, according to a recent poll, support some kind of legalization program for the estimated 8 million to 10 million illegal immigrants. And Hispanic support could swing a close election the President's way. But the plan still has a long way to go before being enacted, and many details remain unresolved. The major questions...
HERMAPHRODITES Changing sexes is one thing; being both sexes at once is quite another. Hermaphrodites abound in the animal kingdom: how sensible to be able to mate with whoever happens to knock on the door! Among those that can truly swing both ways are the sea slug, the earthworm and the European giant garden slug. The black hamlet fish is the rare vertebrate in which members of a mating pair can take turns being male or female...