Word: wintered
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...Evolutionary Synthesis in Oslo, and lead author of the PLoS Medicine paper. Working with nearly 50 years of animal, human and bacteriological statistics from the former Soviet Union, his team found that human plague in Kazakhstan occurs only when the local gerbil population reaches a certain threshold in winter. Warmer winters mean more gerbils. That, says Stenseth, suggests plague's "re-emergence might have a climate component...
...make a difference. If an Oscar voter is sitting on the fence about a film, a BAFTA win could push them one way or the other. Of course, then there's the problem of trying to convince the silver screen elite to come to London in the middle of winter. There's only one solution: move the ceremony to Los Angeles. The British Academy already has an arm in L.A. and so many British actors and directors live in the States anyway. If Hollywood won't come to the BAFTAs, take the BAFTAs to Hollywood...
Keeping up with past patterns, the Harvard ski team finished ninth for the third time this season at the 98th annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival this weekend. In the last two seasons, the Crimson has earned eight consecutive ninth-place results and has stayed consistent so far this winter. The Big Green came out on top, pushing past the 10 other competing North East schools. The defending NCAA champions exercised their home course advantage, earning a team total of 725 points. Of the Crimson’s 256 points, 29 were put up by sophomore Christopher Kinner on the Alpine side...
...changes in the complex mix of gas that Gazprom supplies Ukraine. Most of it has come from Central Asia, primarily Turkmenistan, with a minor share of more expensive Russian gas. These supplies are delivered through a company called Rosukrenergo, 50% of which is owned by Gazprom. But the cold winter has seen Central Asian suppliers reduce their supplies to Ukraine, increasing the Russian share of the mix to 25% - which has sharply raised the cost of the entire package...
...years, according to a university press release. Like University President Drew G. Faust, Wright is a preeminent scholar of American history. Wright began discussing his departure with Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees Chair, Charles E. Haldeman, in late fall 2007 and made his final decision over the winter vacation, according to The Dartmouth, the college’s student newspaper. The board will discuss the search process at their March meeting, according to a letter to Dartmouth by Haldeman, and hopes to secure a successor by the time Wright leaves at the end of the 2008-2009 academic...