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Harvard held an edge right from the start, with Penn’s starting quarterback Pat McDermott remaining sidelined to start the game with an injury to his collarbone. His replacement, freshman Bryan Walker, strode onto the field with zero career collegiate passes under his belt...
With the two wins under his belt, the nervousness has subsided and Byrd is now focused on what he can do to help Harvard at the upcoming Eastern Championships, where he will be facing even tougher competition...
...shift in the entire country, not just in the ultra-religious Bible-belt, that gave Bush his victory. Bush’s support increased most strikingly among voters who “never” or only “monthly” attend church—a four point percentage gain over 2000. (He only gained an additional one percent among those who attend church “weekly” or more). Bush actually lost two percentage points among rural voters, instead gaining in the suburbs, and, most significantly, by 13 percentage points...
Elsewhere in America, a family therapist, a pastor or a wise grandparent might perform Karen Faverey's job. But in Delaware Terrace, a rambling brick housing project in the Rust Belt town of Easton, Pa., Faverey, a serene mother of six, is paid by the Federal Government to enter the living rooms of unwed, low-income couples and ask a loaded question. "You know which question I'm talking about," Faverey says to Lamont Sims and Stephanie Bryant, who live and work in Delaware Terrace, he in the maintenance department, she as a receptionist. They have dated...
...Traffic Safety Administration has found that child safety restraints were critically misused in more than 70% of the studied cases. The high-tech TattleTale Smart Car Seat ($170 to $230; smartchild seat.com employs sensors to check whether the seat is installed correctly and provides verbal confirmation ("Buckle fastened, vehicle belt tight") when it is. If your little Houdini likes to unfasten a restraint now and again, you might hear, "Warning: child climbing out." The seat's batteries run for up to four years, but don't worry about remembering to change them. When they run low, the TattleTale will tell...