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Based on its performances this season, though, the Crimson will expect to dominate the struggling Bulldogs. Yale had an iffy start to the season and has won only twice, once over St. Francis College and once over Central Connecticut. The squad has lost the previous two games, and most recently was crushed by Sacred Heart...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard To Play Yale in Ivy League Opener | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...second study, Ginsburg and another group reanalyzed the same data set and found that teens who considered themselves to be the primary driver of a vehicle were twice as likely to get into accidents as those who shared responsibility for a car or had to report to their parents for each use. In the survey, 70% of kids reported that they were the main driver of a car, regardless of whether they owned the vehicle. This perception, says Ginsburg, can promote more irresponsible driving habits. "Kids who have easy access to the keys are probably less likely to have those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parental Talks Can Make Kids Safer Drivers | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...million years or so. That's not to say Ardi was more human-like than chimplike. White describes her as an "interesting mosaic" with certain uniquely human characteristics: bipedalism, for one. Ardi stood 47 in. (120 cm) tall and weighed about 110 lb. (50 kg), making her roughly twice as heavy as Lucy. The structure of Ardi's upper pelvis, leg bones and feet indicates she walked upright on the ground, while still retaining the ability to climb. Her foot had an opposable big toe for grasping tree limbs but lacked the flexibility that apes use to grab and scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ardi Is a New Piece for the Evolution Puzzle | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...fund operations and gain support from local communities. In 2000 the group kidnapped 21 people - 19 of whom were foreigners - in Malaysia, 50 students and teachers from two schools on the island of Basilan, and at least 15 foreign journalists, including one reporter who was kidnapped and released twice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abu Sayyaf | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...respect: Moscow's insistence that Afghans recognize their puppet government, despite its failure to deliver to the people. "Everyone is focusing on the number of troops the U.S. has in Afghanistan," says analyst Haroun Mir, director of Afghanistan's Center for Research and Policy Studies. "The Russians had twice as many troops [as the NATO coalition does now] but they failed, not because they were weak, but because the Afghan government was never accepted by the people. If people do not accept and recognize the legitimacy of the Afghan government we cannot force them with foreign forces. And that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Accepts Karzai, for Better or Worse | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

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