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Less noticeable—oddly—was the absence of one of the best recruiting classes in Crimson history, a batch of freshmen who entered in the fall of 2005 after being recruited during the magical 2004 campaign...
More housing help is on the way. The Obama Administration rolled out a batch of plans on Tuesday, including one designed to make it easier for struggling homeowners to catch a break on second mortgages like home-equity loans...
However, this latest battle for the Bekaa will probably be inconclusive. Stronger nations than Lebanon have failed to win their own wars on drugs. Nevertheless, it is a remarkable example of some of the changes that have been taking place in Lebanon ever since a new batch of non-partisan technocratic leaders took power last spring. Chosen as temporary compromise candidates to solve a political crisis that was turning violent, they are nevertheless proving remarkably active in trying to change Lebanon's culture of lawlessness. Instead of choosing sides in the great questions that have torn apart Lebanon...
...better in Round 2, so Christensen was able to move atop the pack at +7. Junior Greg Shuman finished in a four-way tie for third, shooting 74 and 75 to finish just two strokes off the lead at +9. Captain Michael Shore etched a spot in the next batch of finishers—a trio tied at seventh—with his 75 and 76 pairing that put him at +11. In his first New England golf outting in the spring season, Pollak managed a 75 in Round 1, but slipped down to 82 strokes in Round...
Nikonov believes women are more nurturing than men when it comes to the creatures; and, at the laboratory, each employee raises her own batch of leeches from start to finish. "That way if something goes wrong and thousands of leeches die no one can blame anyone else," says Titova. According to her, leeches are very attached to their owners. She organizes her vacation around their feeding times so that no one else interferes with her lot. When a leech is about to be sold, it has to be starved for three months to be at its most effective...