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...Atlas, skipped from the 19th century to the far future. This time he contents himself with one year--1982--in the life of one boy--dreamy, stammering Jason Taylor--in one English town. But everything's still there: this funny, close-focus coming-of-age story is also a huge, swirling novel of power, death and love...
...days as it did three years ago, could precipitate a catastrophic collapse. The last big famine during 1995-96 is now estimated to have killed as many as 2 million North Koreans. With memories of those awful days still vivid, China believes that any similar crisis would dump a huge humanitarian crisis in its lap by sending hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees over the border, badly disrupting the economy of China's northeast. Beijing is currently constructing a fence along the border, but there is little expectation that this will be particularly effective. All of which means that Beijing...
...largest comeback victory since at least the 2002-03 season. Harvard (6-4) also won its fourth straight game on the road for the first time in five seasons, running its road record on the year to a surprising 4-1. In a game that showcased a number of huge performances in an exhilarating second half featuring five late ties, the Crimson received huge plays from its sophomore standouts down the stretch to finish off the Blue Devils (3-7) and complete the comeback.Evan Harris scored a career-high 20 points on a number of critical buckets, including the shot...
...while Dartmouth sat on the outside looking in—will make the rivalry roaring and ready to go when the first puck drops at 7:00 pm tonight. “It is Harvard-Dartmouth,” Martin said, “its always a big huge rivalry, so who is not excited.” —Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu...
...While the report calls for some new investment in education, it argues that most of its proposals can be accomplished simply by reallocating the huge amount of money we're already spending on public schools - about $9,000 a year per K-12 pupil on average, according to the report, the world's second highest figure...