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...scoring system certainly gives a sense of urgency," said sophomore setter Mike Bookman. "Every time the ball is in play, points are at stake. And given the fact that volleyball is very much momentum driven, it's very difficult to make a comeback if you get down early...
...scoring system certainly gives a sense of urgency," said sophomore setter Mike Bookman. "Every time the ball is in play, points are at stake. And given the fact that volleyball is very much momentum driven, it's very difficult to make a comeback if you get down early...
...India, the human and material cost of the insurgency?nearly 400,000 troops and border police are on permanent patrol?is an unwanted burden and a blemish on its international image. Also at stake is India's drive for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat. "India is willing and ready," Vajpayee announced in a written message to India's people on New Year's Eve, "to seek a lasting solution to the Kashmir problem...
...extent of student participation the University allows is inversely proportional to the importance of the questions at stake. Will Harvard build the desperately-needed thirteenth house to alleviate overcrowding? Who will be the University's next president? Imagine a campus in which the University actually encouraged students to think about the important questions facing the community instead of isolating them from the governance of the University...
...program to ease the burden on the poorest Americans. For everyone else, high prices could be around for a while. The clearest indication of that came from Kenneth Lay, the chairman of Enron, the Houston-based energy giant that is the nation's largest power marketer, with a major stake in California. Last week Lay warned that California would have to resolve a "pretty much self-inflicted problem"--even if that means price increases for consumers...