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...week when cable screens were split among solemn ceremonies, falling governments, the first serious congressional debate over a war now in its fourth year and an economy with a nervous twitch, it was even harder than usual to catch the sirens in the distance--to hear the sounds of ice melting, species vanishing and cities choking the people who live in them. You can't really cover a story that hasn't happened yet, but sometimes the news about the future is the biggest story...
...course seemed pretty open, but everything was visible,” Shore said. “It was definitely an opportunity for someone on their game to score well.”When golfers imagine the sand hills of North Carolina, the fabled U.S. Open venue Pinehurst usually springs into their minds first. Yet, architect Donald Ross created another golfing gem in the 6515-yard Mid Pines Golf Club, whose relatively shorter length still demands players to hit a full complement of shots to get through eighteen holes at par.A tweaked back forced Shore to withdraw from the tournament before...
...possibility of students not providing fully accurate information. “As researchers, we’re always concerned about [reporting bias],” Austin said. “But because it was a randomized controlled trial—six [schools] received the intervention and seven got the usual education—we’d expect that would help make them very similar.” According to Maria F. Bettencourt, who directs the Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the state is expanding similar obesity prevention programs in its public schools...
...Robb’s usual crew, sophomore Hyunjin Kim, will be out for a few weeks due to a knee injury sustained during the offseason. Konstadt performed well in her new role, after preparing during the Crimson’s preseason races and practices in Cape...
...while it looked as if the event would turn out to be the usual dog-and-pony show the Defense Department puts on for VIPs. The captain spoke as if he had spent a lot of time memorizing what he was going to say. Holding a long metal pointer up to a wall map, he told Bush what his unit had seen in its area of operations. Bush followed along, nodding. But then Hemming began to talk about his unit's new rotation schedule, and its extended tours in Iraq, and the room became perceptibly tenser. Speaking more quickly...