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...biggest area that we need to improve on is our doubles play," Graham said. "We played six doubles matches and won one of them. We're coming into tougher competition, and the teams we're playing are going to be better with their doubles than the teams we faced so far, with the exception of Miami...
...protection with economic development," including a proposal to forgo enforcement in single-home residential tracts, or on issues that affect areas smaller than five acres. The plan also requires more scientific study before declaring species in danger and gives states and local officials more discretion. The House passed a tougher bill Friday by a vote of 277-141 that would require federal agencies to compensate landowners when federal wetland and endangered species regulations drive down their property values...
...Princeton match was tougher than the score would indicate. In a mini-upset, the Tigers had easily beaten Western Ontario (which was the odds--on favorite to face Harvard in the finals) in the other semi-final match. This win, coupled with the close 6-3 Harvard victory against Princeton on February 5 (the Crimson's tightest match of the year), set the stage for a true battle...
...coming weeks, the Cambridge City Council will consider a bill that would impose new and tougher restrictions on smoking in restaurants and bars, and would fight the sale of tobacco to minors. We urge the council to support the rights of the city's many non-smoking residents and pass the bill...
...subsidiaries may not suffer losses, but their deposits have been frozen. Leeson was dealing in stock derivatives, the same financial instruments that led to the bankruptcy filing last year by Orange County, Calif. TIME Brussels bureau chief Jay Branegan expects political pressure to strengthen derivative regulations, although he says tougher rules would not have protected Baring. "This was simply a rogue trader," says Branegan...