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...criminals and seized over “one billion personal doses” of drugs over the past year, his first of six in office. He also added that Mexico has re-planted 600,000 acres of forest in the past year, starting to reverse a national trend of de-forestation...
...Saturday, Harvard bounced back from a tough loss against the No. 25 Quakers, 30-7, to pick up its first two victories of the season against the Tigers, 29-9, and the Pioneers, 37-9.Coming into the weekend at 0-7-1, the Crimson was looking to start a new trend and the whole team stepped up in response. “Saturday was a lot of fun,” senior heavyweight Andrew Knapp said. “Everybody stepped up and the whole team did a great job.”“It certainly improves team morale...
...Premier League may simply be following a global trend. The NBA is aggressively marketing to a growing Chinese fan base. And long before they bagged this year's Super Bowl, the New York Giants edged the Miami Dolphins at London's Wembley Stadium last October, in the first regular season NFL game played outside the Americas. Says Chadwick, "There's a global turf war taking place in sport. It's not just about revenue generation, it's about reinforcing and preserving a competitive position." Scudamore didn't need reminding. "If we don't do it, another sport is going...
Professors say they are aware of the trend, and that they try to combat it in their classes...
...Students Defect from Sciences" mischaracterized the words of biology professor Richard M. Losick. While the story said large lecture courses in the sciences have been proliferating—implying that the number of such courses has increased—the predominance of large science lectures is not a new trend. In fact, in a follow-up e-mail, Losick noted that the life sciences faculty has actually made attempts to move toward smaller concentrations in recent years...