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...just screams out for the need to prevent obesity," Brownell said...
...YORK—The season of the Harvard men’s basketball team came to an end on Saturday night at Levien Gymnasium in a 76-66 loss to Columbia, despite a tenacious attempt by Harvard’s captain to prevent the year, and his career, from ending in defeat.Guard Jim Goffredo scored a game-high 24 points, but playing without injured sophomore forward Evan Harris, sidelined with a stress fracture of his foot, Harvard (12-16, 5-9 Ivy) was unable to stop Columbia’s massive starting frontcourt from shredding its weakened post defense.Junior...
...absence of legitimate expression, it pours out into the street, where protests are met with clubs and smoke grenades of the riot police. Two years ago, the authorities spent $12 billion to quell a nationwide wave of protests, caused by abrupt canceling of social benefits, in order to prevent the dissent from growing into conspicuous melees in main cities like the one this weekend. But the money doled out then has been now superseded by the growing costs of life. And a new such massive financial infusion might not prevent both Saturday's St. Petersburg's street fighting...
...year elections often aren't predictors of the outcome of the next presidential one. The 1994 Republican off-year sweep was followed by Bill Clinton's easy 1996 victory over Bob Dole. The 1986 Democratic take-back of the Senate and the 1987 Iran-contra scandal didn't prevent then Vice President George H.W. Bush from dismantling Michael Dukakis in 1988. 2006 was a bad year for the G.O.P...
...schools with the needs and desires of the community. The coherence and focus of Harvard’s overall vision should not be violated merely to cater to one of the many factions with a stake in the future campus. Doing so would create a piecemeal campus that would prevent Allston from coalescing into a unified whole...