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...chain of forts left over from the Iran-Iraq war, crumbling masonry monsters that look like they were built according to World War I specifications. The Hamreen mountains to the right are practically deserted save for a series of sentry posts silhouetted along the ridgeline. And waiting straight ahead at the gates of Kirkuk is a natural-gas flare, an eternal flame that the locals call Babagurgur-which is the symbol of this oil-rich city...
...University of Florida's athletic-department budget for the 2006-07 academic year. The Gators won their second straight men's basketball championship on April 2, after clinching the national football title in January. The school's sports teams rely on private revenue without state or university funding...
...money after all. Median annual credit-card debt for single women was just $1,900 in 2004, compared with $2,000 for single men, according to the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances. But don't tell that to Glinda Bridgforth, author of Girl, Get Your Credit Straight!, who recommends visualization and meditation to help us break plastic's grip on our financial well-being...
...Historians like Wright are trying to set the record straight every chance they get. They present papers for publication and at conferences. They fill pages and pages of websites debunking what they believe to be a myth akin to George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. They engage in heated debates on Underground Railroad and quilt studies e-mail lists. And a few months ago Barbara Brackman, a renowned quilt historian, even published her own book called Facts and Fabrications; Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery (C&T Publishing) to present what she considers to be an accurate assessment...
...eight the rest of the way. SYRACUSE 23, HARVARD 12 After facing the Orange, the Harvard women’s lacrosse players were left with a sour taste in their mouths. The Crimson succumbed, 23-12, to Syracuse (6-4) last Sunday afternoon at Jordan Field, marking its third straight loss to the Orange. Syracuse snagged an early lead in the first half, pushing past Harvard to go ahead 4-1. The Crimson quickly regained its momentum, with sophomore Kaitlin Martin and junior Natalie Curtis each finding the net to cut the Orange’s lead to one goal...