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Tina Stone, 41, knows how to crack a nut - and the hushed crowd gathered on the village green respects that. Dangling her conker, she bends her knees, pumps up and down and violently thrusts it at her target. "That's a savage downward shot," the announcer barks on the loudspeaker. Her rival's nut shatters, brown debris scatters on the white platform and the crowd erupts. After 30 strikes, Stone earns the title of Ladies' World Champion: she came, she saw, she conkered...
...being said, Harvard’s ultimate goal should be to eliminate student loans altogether, as Princeton has. Nevertheless, Tufts’ program is a step in the right direction, especially for universities that may not be able to afford getting rid of loans but which can afford to target those students who stand to benefit the most from loan repayment...
Gunshots were heard this week from the key patrol post Bukima, where government troops are trying to push the rebels out of the park. Says Newport: "The gorillas are confused and could get caught in the crossfire. They are not a target, but happen to live in a part of the world with a lot of human conflict." The larger problem, of course, is one of stability. The gorillas have weathered conflict before, with nearly 150 shot dead by either gunmen or poachers in the last ten years alone...
...approaching expiration date because he has no support from the West and from neighboring countries. And without that, the rebels will soon lose their advantage. That may be of limited consolation to gorilla conservationists, however. For example, a siege aimed at starving out the rebels may compel them to target wildlife and the gorillas - as food. "In any normal situation, it's hard to protect the gorillas," Newport says, citing threats from armed militias, poachers and people chopping trees down for charcoal and space to grow crops. "They're kind...
...Islamic radicals, the legitimacy of attacking the Cole was never in doubt. The U.S. was at war with Islam, and the Cole, a Navy guided missile destroyer, was a military target. It didn't matter in the least to the attackers that in reality there wasn't a war between the U.S. and Islam. Or that the Cole's sailors were non-combatants...