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...governments can do whatever they want, all is lost. Pan Yue, deputy head of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), regularly warns of looming environmental catastrophe. And yet there is no sign of any slowdown in the tide of pollution engulfing the country. Despite Beijing's condemnation of a huge chemical spill that left 4 million residents of the city of Harbin with no running water in November 2005, Pan recently revealed that over the next year, there were no fewer than 130 chemical spills around the country--a rate of one every three days...
...Hidden Dangers in the Foods We Eat and What You Can Do About It. Cooper, who now runs the acclaimed meal program of the Berkeley, Calif., public schools, writes passionately against industrialized farms that "inhabit a flattened landscape dotted not with trees, farmhouses [and] animals ... but with huge motorized vehicles." After meeting her, Dickman began to go to farmers' markets...
...contest against MIT is not until next Wednesday, Ridolfi has decided to give his players a four-day respite before their next practice. “It’s going to be great rest for us,” Fitz said. “Friday and Saturday are huge matches.” The Crimson hopes to have freshman setter Gil Weintraub back before next week’s games—he has sat out the past four contests due to mononucleosis. His condition is being reevaluated tomorrow...
...lead with under two minutes left against the Big Red in Ithaca last season, and with both Matt Stehle ‘06 and Brian Cusworth ‘06-07 having fouled out, Harvard watched as Cornell extracted the life from its season. Captain Lenny Collins nailed two huge threes to tie the game, then shot up an air ball on the final possession, which somehow found the hands of forward Jason Hartford, who put in the open layup for the win. That loss was the first of eight straight for Harvard...
...fourth consecutive ECAC Tournament championship. “The conference is different every year,” Sifers said. “The teams are always new. Last year, we were less confident since we didn’t have as good a record, so it was a huge accomplishment.” Last season’s team lost several of its skaters, including Chu and Vaillancourt, to the Olympic squad and thus pulled a considerable upset when it prevailed in the tournament finals. Should the Crimson defeat St. Lawrence tomorrow, it would play the winner of the Dartmouth...