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...Mitchell Report’s depiction of Major League Baseball’s performace-enhancing drug problem confirmed all our worst fears about the sport, its players, and their records. Not only have some of baseball’s best players turned out to be its worst role models, but some of the sport’s greatest records have been forever tarnished. Baseball has been the scrutinized for years, much like professional cycling, but evidence of drug-related misconduct only came in smatterings. Jose Canseco, for example, the first professional baseball player to hit 40 home runs and steal...
...medical aid. We can lobby congress to accept refugees in America, to impose sanctions, or even to take military action. Some of these courses of action have downsides, but they should be our primary considerations, not the symbolic gesture of divestment. Lack of awareness is no longer a problem; a lack of progress is. Advocating for policies that do nothing but engender more advocacy is an empty form of activism...
...forwards need to step up and do a better job.”The Crimson kept pace with Vermont in the first half, shooting above 40 percent for the period to head into the locker room down by only five points. But first-half free-throw shooting was a problem once again for Harvard, which made just two of eight freebies in the opening frame of its 78-64 loss to Providence on Dec. 5 at Lavietes Pavilion. “We played pretty poorly in the first half, but were still able to compete,” Finelli said...
...look like its formerly undefeated self skating on the Olympic-size rink at UNH’s Whittemore Center. Mistakes played a part in all four Wildcats goals: the first strike came during a power play and the following three on UNH breakaways. “Breakaways were a problem and they haven’t been all year,” senior tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said. “UNH saw that they could exploit that and we should have adjusted better.”Sophomore goalie Christina Kessler faced just 12 shots on net?...
...problem is exacerbated by the city's fragmented government structure. Santiago has over 30 mayors, one for each of its districts. With no single executive office in charge of the city as a whole, the job of implementing Transantiago has fallen to the national government. Imagine President George W. Bush getting bogged down in rewiring the New York City mass transit system, and you get the idea...