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Harvard distinguished itself at the national level this year beyond season-ending awards. On Sunday, Wake Forest beat Penn State 2-0 to win the NCAA Championship. The Demon Deacons closed out the year with 19 straight wins and only trailed on four occasions during that stretch. One of those deficits was in a 3-2 victory over Harvard at Jordan Field...
McDavitt accomplished a feat in that game unmatched by any of the other 47 players nationwide that earned All-American honors—she scored twice against Wake Forest. No other player was able to say as much for the remainder of the year, as the Demon Deacons went on to outscore opponents 53-3 in their final 12 games...
...recently left Napa Valley's French Laundry restaurant in California, closed off the garden seating section of his year-old eatery, due as much to the decreased number of visitors as to the start of the rainy season. Instead, guests dine on a breezy verandah overlooking a lush forest of banana trees, palms, orchids and ginger flowers. Ceiling fans and geckos on the hunt lend an equatorial air, but the fine linens, crystal stemware and impeccable service could be straight out of a Michelin-starred Parisian gem. The six-course tasting menu ($26)?starting with a delicate amuse bouche...
...There may be no more compelling argument against wildlife conservation than a devoured child. You'd expect the villagers to be howling. And a few of the men of Bori Budruk, including Vilas, do want the leopards dead. They angrily accuse forest officer Dashrat Sabaj Wayal, who visits the villages armed only with the principles of conservation, of doing nothing. This isn't true. Wayal has helped trap and release 58 leopards since January 2000, and in February played tug-of-war with an animal that had a man locked in its jaws for 15 minutes until it gave...
...cherished natural order. "A human life is more important than that of a leopard," says Madhu Jadhav, whose 10-year-old niece Shradha survived being dragged from his porch by a leopard in August. "But the leopard does need to be saved." Most villagers agree with Wayal, the forest officer, that relocating the animals to a sanctuary, however long it takes, is the only conscionable solution. This surprising generosity explains why, despite two-and-a-half years in which 42 people were attacked, no one has ever shot a leopard in Bori Budruk...