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...announcement indicates that sponsors have enough Democratic votes to push a bill past its first legislative hurdle, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as early as next week. But the patchwork of concessions necessary to win over champions of industrial and regional interests weakened the initiative, leaving it far short of the global warming gas reductions that scientists insist are necessary to stave off catastrophic climate change...
...that thesis? Now's the one day a year you can feel bad about taking the easy road to drunken senior spring. Yes, it's the 2009 Hoopes Prizes! The list (here, quick read it so you can congratulate that friend of yours that everybody knew was going to win it!) contains some of the most arcane paper titles we've seen this side of a neuroscience convention. And of course, we've got lots of the standard "Colorful Quote": Boring Description of Paper Title Construction (The thesis we always wanted to write was "From Russia With Love: The Cuban...
...said, noting that the rules of The Amazing Race put them on an equal playing field with everybody else. While both Victor and Tammy thought they had a shot at claiming the prize, Tammy said, “I never let myself truly believe that we would win until the very end.” She said that she plans to use her winnings to repay her law school loans. Victor said he hopes to continue with his passion—supporting high school debate. —Staff writer Molly M. Strauss can be reached at mstrauss@fas.harvard.edu
...official Burmese media as 53-year-old former military serviceman John William Yettaw of Falcon, Missouri. Previous articles about him in the state press spelled his name different ways, but U.S. public records online do point to the existence of a John W. Yettaw residing in the Ozarks. Kyi Win, another of Suu Kyi's lawers, said that her uninvited guest was a Mormon; a 2007 obituary for a son of John W. Yettaw said the deceased young man had also been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...
...pictures of the world reacting to Obama's election win...