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...Stiles at 25:50.1, and Neely at 26:02.0, earning the trio 202nd, 211th, and 226th individual placements, respectively, in the 276-man field. Junior Vito Cannavo and freshman Ben Enowitz also raced, finishing at 26:05.5 and 27:08.3, respectively.“The race was like a wild extravaganza out there, because there were so many teams and so many runners and so many good runners,” Gillespie said. “So we were just trying to do our thing. And I think we did that. We got a lot of new [personal records...
...also can help save the seas--through the fish they buy. To that end, California's Monterey Bay Aquarium, along with the Blue Ocean Institute and the Environmental Defense Fund, is coming out with pocket guides to sustainable sushi. The groups base their ratings on the health of a wild fish's population (the popular bluefin tuna is restricted), along with the impacts of fish-farming operations. (Fast-growing oysters can be farmed sustainably, but salmon can't.) They also take into account fishing practices: catching bigeye tuna with thousand-hooked longlines can result in the unintended death of nearby...
...series of break-up mixes and a passion for the indie-est of fictional indie bands, Where’s Fluffy? At one point, while scrolling through Nick’s iPod, Norah proclaims, “We are musical soulmates.”In a streak of wild coincidence, they are also regular soulmates. They are shy, defensive, insecure soulmates who never would have met had a screenwriter not thrown them together. Why? It was easier for her to listen to his mix CDs than to get his number and give him a call. She could know him without...
...keeping mum has to do with the simplistic and largely negative characterization of Islam and the Arab world post-9/11, to which the government itself must plead guilty. Though few have gone as far as televangelist Pat Robertson, who called the prophet Muhammad “an absolute wild-eyed fanatic…a killer,” or Fox News personality Sean Hannity, who compared the Quran to Mein Kampf, the idea persists that there is something possibly threatening, and definitely unsettling, about Islam...
Just don't be surprised if it doesn't last. Trying to predict whether the stock market will go up or down on any given day is a fool's game, but one thing is for sure: we live in highly volatile times. Wild swings to the upside may feel great, but they're still wild swings. That sort of dramatic movement can go both up and down, as we have witnessed...