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...levels are abysmal, and the country is awash in guns. It also struggles with a severe water shortage, in large part because of the national addiction to khat, a shrub whose young leaves contain a compound with effects similar to those of amphetamines. The top estimate is that no less than 90% of men in Yemen and 25% of women chew the leaves, storing a wad in one cheek as it slowly breaks down and enters the bloodstream. Astonishingly, most of the country's arable land is devoted to the plant, which accounts for approximately a third of the country...
...less habituated Harvard, it felt like, well, one of the most difficult courses in the world...
...women’s side featured much less drama, but yielded the same satisfaction for the home team and its bus full of spectators...
...Harvard women entered the meet as heavy favorites and thus felt less urgency than their male counterparts, but Olson noted that the squad is always fired up for dual meets...
While the Crimson deserved to celebrate its outstanding finish, the body of the game was less than extraordinary. Harvard drastically outshot the Bulldogs, statistically outplaying its foe in every aspect of the contest, a fact that was hardly reflected in the final score...