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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dependent on India's annual monsoon to provide the water necessary to grow his cotton and soybeans. A failed monsoon meant disaster. Without the rain, the crops withered, and so did his primary source of income. Every year, all Thakare could do as the midyear planting season approached was wait and hope that the monsoon would deliver enough rain so he could support his family. (Read "Hungry? How About Some Protein-Rich Cotton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to the Land: The New Green Revolution | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

Michael befriends—and even hugs—Toby! Oh, wait. He’s just faking it so that Toby will help him deal with Pam. Low blow...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Recap: "The Lover" | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

...it’s a practice, not a game. Still, if you can’t wait another month to get your hoops fix, it should be just the answer to your prayers. Men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker will be directing a coaching clinic all day tomorrow that is open for all students to attend...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng | Title: Recruits on Parade | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

Currently, students applying for federal government jobs are often left in limbo as they may have to wait for months before hearing back from potential employers, Wald said...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Faust Renews Call for Service | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...wait a second! Isn’t that stealing?” Well, friends, not exactly. You see, I don’t take people’s umbrellas that they clearly haven’t forgotten, having merely laid them aside. I don’t make George’s mistake in “Seinfeld” of thinking that the umbrellas in the metal cans at coffee shops are free. I only take umbrellas that are indubitably lost, like the one I took last week from my section room, which had been forlornly flung into...

Author: By Anna E. Boch | Title: Under Your Umbrella | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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