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Duke came into the match ranked No. 24 in the country, and even without its top singles player, Henrique Cunha, the Blue Devils quickly took care of business in a decisive 4-0 victory, sweeping the doubles match as well as No. 2, 4, and 6 singles...
Growers say more is being done to protect workers than in past years. Manuel Cunha Jr., president of the NISEI Farmers League, cites the heat-training received by 409 contractors who employee 209,000 of the 380,000 seasonal workforce and the new Igloo water containers that spell out heat-safety precautions in use on farms across the state. "The growers have responded in the most positive and honest way," says Cunha. "We are getting the message to workers that they need to drink cool water, to rest in the shade and to watch for heat-illness symptoms in their...
...president. This year’s particularly riveting race, between Democratic nominee Obama and Republican Senator John McCain, heightened their enthusiasm for the contest, which has gripped the nation for almost two years. “This election feels a bit more pivotal,” said Mathieu J. Cunha ’11, whose statement echoed voter concerns about a deteriorating economy, a protracted military engagement, and widespread dissatisfaction with the Bush administration. Polling stations both in Cambridge and around the country experienced high turnout as they opened their doors to an energized electorate. The Quincy House polling station...
...dwell on suddenly valuable land. The key will be to manage avoided deforestation projects properly, to make sure they are truly win-win. "The value of a forest is not only carbon sequestration, but biodiversity, and the lives of those in the forests themselves," says Manuel Silva de Cunha, president of the National Council of Rubber Tappers in Brazil. (Listen to Silva de Cunha talk about avoided deforestation on Greencast.) "We can't just forget those principles." If the Bali process works, the world may follow a new - and better - set of principles...
...Security is the first step to solving Haiti?s problems,? says Fernando Cunha Mattos of MINUSTAH?s Brazilian battalion, ?but by itself, it is not enough.? And most believe that, given Haiti's wretched track record, the government can?t provide security without outside help, even though many see international assistance as ineffective at best; insiders call MINUSTAH the trash mission, pointing to rejects from other missions installed as department heads, and only underdeveloped countries, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Uruguay, as participants. ?Our track record is lamentable,? admits a UN official. And as crime encroaches on once safe...