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...facing a new day's challenges. An extra hour of light in the afternoon doesn't really do any good. Who is going to take a walk in diminishing sunlight when it's almost freezing outside? Extending DST is not going to change people's perception of winter very much. Winter isn't a gloomy time; it enables us to look forward to spring. If Kirn wants a new calendar, he should be looking into the Chinese lunar calendar, in which spring starts promptly on Jan. 1. ANDREW HUANG Willington, Conn...
...Kamchatka Rescue Service, in 1993, when Moscow stopped financing the Rescue Service mountaineers. "The central government said, 'Make your own money,'" he explains. "That was the start of a business opportunity." This year Lost World guided some 500 foreign tourists on summer hiking and rafting expeditions. In spring and winter, the company and several others organize helicopter skiing and snowboarding down steep volcanoes, as well as visits to indigenous reindeer herders by dogsled or snowmobile. Other companies specialize in bear hunting and trout fishing. Meanwhile, cruise ships ply the shores, scouting sea-lion colonies and groups of rare Steller...
...imagined when I watched Kim on a day few Koreans thought would ever come: his inauguration on Feb. 25, 1998. Political rivals, diplomats, even pop stars were in attendance as he swore the oath of office under a clear blue winter sky on the steps of the National Assembly. The mood wasn't festive?South Korea was in the throes of the Asian financial crisis (appropriately, the inaugural music included Paul Simon's Bridge Over Troubled Water). But it was a soaring, hopeful moment for the nation, the first peaceful transfer of power to an opposition party in half...
Cusworth finished with nine points, including six during a decisive 11-1 Crimson run to end the game, and five rebounds. Harvard senior All-Ivy guard Patrick Harvey led all scorers with 15 points and classmates Brady Merchant (14 points) and Sam Winter (10 points) also reached double figures to pace a well-balanced Crimson attack...
That’s when Cusworth—who logged most of his 14 minutes in the second half—reentered the game. After Winter hit a layup on the game’s next possession to put Harvard back in the lead—this time for good—Cusworth converted a jumper to stretch the lead to three...