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...Crimson's breadth of perimeter shooters also translated into a crop of consistent free-throw shooters, as Harvard hit six free-throws in the last minute and a half to put the game out of reach for the Terriers. Harvey, who has missed only one free-throw this season, converted four consecutive free-throws to extend the lead to 16. Clemente made the final two shots from the charity strip to seal the deal...
Margo, how is this possible? The rim hangs ten feet above the floor. If you're 7'2 and reach as high as you can, how hard could it be? I've seen you on TV, Margo. Your layups look effortless. You average more rejections per outing than Harvard's admissions office. You're undoubtedly capable...
...Norwegian U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, who played a leading behind-the-scenes role in brokering the Oslo agreement, urged Israel on Tuesday to reopen its borders to the more than one fifth of the Palestinian work force who've been unable to reach their jobs in the Jewish state - and warned that the precipitous decline of the Palestinian economy was planting the seeds of a regional war. The Israeli blockade has quadrupled Palestinian unemployment, and the two months of the uprising have seen income losses to Palestinians totaling more than $500 million dollars. Indeed, the World Bank...
Although the U.S. paid little attention to the conference, its failure to reach a conclusion might have a larger impact on the well-being of the average American and citizens around the world than the outcome of the legal battles in the Sunshine state. Shortly before the conference, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative body on global warming, issued a preliminary summary of its 2000 report saying that humans "contributed substantially to the observed warming over the last 50 years." This is a much stronger language than the wording used in its report five years...
...then 125, 75, 50, and finally to 40 million tons--slightly more than 10 percent of the original demands. The Europeans approached the U.S. by granting them a meager 25 million tons of carbon to be accounted for by natural sinks, but the two parties failed to reach an agreement and the talks were suspended...