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...lead. But again, Northeastern slowly chipped away at the lead, drawing the score even at 27. The Crimson took a 29-28 lead on a McKinley kill, but the Huskies’ Jillian Robinson answered to make it even at 29. A point later, a service ace from Northeastern’s Britney Brown secured the 31-29 Huskies victory. Northeastern stormed out of the gate in the third frame, taking a 7-0 lead behind Kira Batura’s serve. Harvard chipped away at the lead, but it proved too little too late as the Crimson came...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Huskies Roll Past Flagging Crimson | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

...game. But Harvard was able to play evenly with Michigan State in almost every other category.“When we realized we could hang with them, we started attacking and playing back at them,” Trimble said.Harvard struck first in the third game on an ace from sophomore Chelsea Ono Horn. Michigan State twice managed to draw the score even, but the Crimson rebuffed any Spartan attempts to take the lead.In the fourth frame, Harvard got off to another early lead, but Michigan State put together a 5-0 run, taking a 19-16 advantage. The Crimson...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Volleyball Finishes Second at Harvard Invitational | 9/9/2007 | See Source »

Ironically, banks have long benefited indirectly from the thriving check-cashing industry by supplying the loans and cash that check cashers use to pay these same customers. ACE Cash Express, which has more than 1,700 outlets across the country, works with Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Union Bank and others. Banks have shied away from serving the unbanked population directly because this slice of the market clashes with their business model. Banks get much of their profit from the interest they earn by lending out the money held in long-term deposits, but check cashers depend on a high volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Profiting from the Unbanked | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

...defense shield bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. Ivanov's threats only infuriated Poland and made Lithuania consider asking the U.S. for deploying its ABM on its soil as well. However, cruise and new MIRVED ICBM missiles, promised to be retargeted on Europe, are not the only ace up Putin's sleeve. Other measures, like troop buildups along southern borders in the Caucasus, new pressures on Ukraine to maintain the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea beyond the 2017 withdrawal deadline, and a refusal to leave Moldova are all in the offing among other measures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Putin Pulled Out of a Key Treaty | 7/14/2007 | See Source »

Business has wised up. Now some auto manufacturers train salespeople to aim their pitches at women, going for the softer sell rather than the hard-nosed, macho wrangling of yesteryear. More than 100 travel companies have started to take women-only trekkers across deserts, up mountains and into volcanoes. Ace Hardware (where the slogan "Home of the Helpful Hardware Man" has been replaced by "Home of the Helpful Hardware Folks") now offers drills that are lighter with easy-grip handles, greenhouses full of flowers, and walls painted in pastels. They also run special seminars for women, who make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Husband? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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