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...Yale. The defending Ancient Eight champions could not have chosen a better time to find their stride, as the weekend’s success extends the Crimson’s win streak to five and improves its home record to 7-0. “This whole weekend was huge for us,” senior captain Shelly Madick said. “We have gained some momentum that helps place pressure on other Ivy League teams when they face us.” HARVARD 6, PENN 2 The second event was marked by a strong pitching performance by junior...
...beard and a young athlete's energy, holds his staff above his head, parts the waters of the Red Sea and beckons the Israelites to walk on through. That last bit was a special effect, but Heston's Biblical authority was persuasively real. Moreover, The Ten Commandments was a huge hit, ensuring that other religious epics would be made. Heston starred in the biggest, Ben-Hur, which won a then-record 11 Oscars and was the top-grossing film of the decade...
...sentence was the latest in a string of recent convictions and imprisoning of activists apparently designed to stifle even the slightest sign of dissent ahead of the Games. Even China's huge online population of some 230 million, which is often cited as the country's most powerful force for greater openness, has felt the heat. Thousands of websites have been shuttered while government controls and blocking of sites outside China has intensified significantly in recent months. As Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International put it in a report released on April 1, despite promises by both the International...
...into previously untouched areas, worsened water-borne diseases. "When we think about climate change, we think about ice caps and biodiversity, but we forget about human health," says Dr. Jonathan Patz, a professor of environmental studies and population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "There are a huge number of health outcomes that are climate sensitive...
...enormity of lives lost is huge,” Walensky said. “Death rates would add up with so many people in need of the [antiretroviral] therapy...