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After losing its last two contests in the games' final minutes, the Crimson (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) managed to withstand a furious second half rally from the lowly Fordham Rams (0-6) on Saturday, escaping the Bronx with a 37-30 victory...
...referring to Periplaneta americana, the common American cockroach, ascribed by urban legend with the ability to withstand a nuclear holocaust. Thanks to the fertile breeding grounds of Eliot and Lowell Houses in particular, a healthy population would undoubtedly survive amid the ruins of Harvard...
...that. Instead of leaving their squeamish students to fend off the fearsome insects themselves, the College should do more to make sure the Houses are bug-free at the beginning of the term. Roaches may be indestructible in the face of nuclear annihilation, but one thing they can't withstand is a visit from the exterminator...
...eating--and growing uneasy with what they see. Over the past decade, genetically modified (GM) food has become an increasingly common phenomenon as scientists in the U.S. and elsewhere have rewoven the genes of countless fruits and vegetables, turning everyday crops into uber-crops able to resist frost, withstand herbicides and even produce their own pesticides. In all, more than 4,500 GM plants have been tested, and at least 40--including 13 varieties of corn, 11 varieties of tomatoes and four varieties of soybeans--have cleared government reviews...
...that the University of Michigan could be the Alamo of affirmative action, the place where they make their last stand. Michigan's affirmative-action programs, especially at its prestigious law school, are among the best in the country--designed not only to produce diverse student bodies but also to withstand the sort of right-wing onslaughts, in the courts or at the polls, that have outlawed the use of racial preferences in California, Washington and other states. That's why so much is riding on two lawsuits filed by whites who claim that they were denied admission to Michigan because...