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...junior forward Evan Harris says. “I can’t remember the last time that happened.”Indeed, a program of Michigan’s quality has not visited Lavietes since 1990, when Duke blitzed past Harvard, 103-61.This current matchup stems back to an agreement made between the two schools setting up a three-year, three-game series. This year marks the second game of that series, the only one scheduled to be played on the Crimson’s home floor. It is very unusual for Harvard to attract such big-name, Division...
Meanwhile, P&G's Gillette inked its own agreement with Palomar, which is based in Burlington, Mass., to develop and market a hair-removal device for women to use at home. Then last February, under the guidance of president Susan Arnold, who previously headed the company's beauty and personal-care division--a group that added more than $20 billion in sales to P&G's top line last year--P&G invested an additional $1.5 million in the project after the product got FDA over-the-counter clearance. Days later, P&G also signed a joint agreement to develop...
...Juan Carlos - head of a nation with major investments in Latin America - got snippy at the Ibero-American Summit. The annual gathering was started in 1991 by then Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who at the time was trying to convince the U.S. to sign a free-trade agreement, as a way to make Mexico and Latin America look like global players. Latin leaders still use if for that purpose - but this time the Spaniards may have been less willing to play along. Their frustrations with Latin America, and those of the rest of the developed world, were reflected...
...height of the civil war, Uganda called in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for assistance in apprehending and arresting the rebels. The rebels now face penalties for war crimes and crimes against humanity. With peace talks now under way, however, the charges have become stumbling blocks toward an agreement. The Ugandan government cannot simply absolve their enemies of the charges; and the ICC will only consider dropping them if Uganda establishes a competent tribunal to try them. As a result, the government and its erstwhile enemy are touring the country to drum up support for what they call an "alternative...
...large measure of confidence. "We have absolutely no fear of the ICC; it will die a natural death," says Ayena Odong, a member of the LRA delegation. Spotlighted by television cameras at a press conference, Ojul said ruefully: "We even wish we could have signed the [peace] agreement yesterday" - were it not for the indictments. Peace by any means necessary - even if it means shunning the world court - is now the mantra of many Ugandans recovering from an impossibly long...