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...Peterson achieve this consensus? By buying off the reform factions. California Representative Dennis Cardoza and the fruit-and-vegetable lobby agreed to support the bill once Peterson threw $1.6 billion at specialty crops. He added $4.7 billion for nutrition, $4.5 billion for conservation and $100 million for black farmers, which brought progressives, sportsmen and the Congressional Black Caucus into the fold. Even the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition dropped its opposition for scraps: $5 million for organic research, $22 million for organic certification and $30 million to help farmers sell value-added products. "The programs that really benefit small farmers are tiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Our Farm Policy Is Failing | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Pizzotti, the league leader in pass efficiency, should be able to pick apart a Lions secondary that allows more than 150 yards through the air per game. The senior threw for 193 yards and ran for two touchdowns against the Big Green. Pizzotti will link up with a strong receiving corps, including senior Corey Mazza, who averages nearly 80 yards per game...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Trying To Stay in Big Apple | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...gets the crucial home-field advantage in the AFC playoffs (where the two could very likely meet again in the AFC Championship Game). The field is a veritable video game for Brady right now. He is on pace to throw 60 touchdown passes, obliterating the record 49 that Manning threw in 2004. He's always been a selfless player; a few years ago Brady took a below-market paycheck so the Pats could surround him with above-market talent. While Manning's contract is much richer - $98 million, with a whopping $34.5 million signing bonus - he restructured it this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the NFL Is Still No. 1 | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...particular bias on this issue. But the truth is that this issue does concern race: not because of the large police presence at a party hosted by a black student group, and not because a black student is talking about it. It is a racial issue because of who threw the party and because of which students knew the group existed before this incident; because of the music played, and because of who attended the party, because I had to question whether I would be stopped in my own courtyard, and because some of my friends felt the need...

Author: By Weslie M.W. Turner | Title: Dancing Around Lowell Courtyard | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...minimizing impact force. Laboratory tests also reveal that the disks are sturdy and show few signs of wear after impact, according to the company’s Web site. As a football player, Ferrara had an impressive record. Despite a serious ACL tear in his junior year, the quarterback threw for over 3,000 yards and was third on the all-time passing yards list when he graduated. “He was dependable, smart, and a very savvy quarterback,” Murphy said. Like many quarterbacks, Ferrara had his share of minor concussions—what he calls...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ex-Crimson QB Invents New Helmet | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

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