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...rushing yards and three touchdowns, breaking the Harvard single-season records for rushing TDs with 14 and overall TDs with 15. Despite the presence of the two Ivy tackle leaders—Zak Keasey and Justin Stull, who entered the game with 59 apiece—Princeton was woefully ill-equipped to handle the talented Dawson, who crowned his day with an 80-yard breakaway touchdown...
Some said they were too busy to launch the effort themselves or that they felt too ill-informed about PetroChina’s links to the Khartoum regime. Still others said that the impetus for a divestment campaign should come from students...
...better understanding of the concerns and needs of America’s armed forces. He showed spectacular courage not only in battle but also after returning home: his testimony before Congress stands as a timeless reminder of the horror of military conflict and the consequences of waging an ill-conceived...
Victories in the global fight against malaria are few and far between, so researchers cheered the news that a vaccine being tested in Africa protected children from the disease 30% of the time and lessened the severity of illness in nearly 60% of cases. The vaccine isn't ready for use yet, even if the world can ill afford to wait. The 300 million to 500 million malaria cases each year cause 1 million to 3 million deaths, most of them kids...
Success aside, Nike has had its stumbles. When it began outfitting Chinese professional soccer teams in the mid-1990s, its ill-fitting cleats caused heel sores so painful that Nike had to let its athletes wear Adidas (with black tape over the trademark). In 1997, Nike ramped up production just before the Asian banking crisis killed demand, then flooded the market with cheap shoes, undercutting its own retailers and driving many into the arms of Adidas. Two years later, the company created a $15 Swoosh-bearing canvas sneaker designed for poor Chinese. The "World Shoe" flopped so badly that Nike...