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Suddenly faced with the prospect of a split or worse on the critical weekend series, Harvard launched an all-out offensive on Nathan Marsters’ net, the best chance coming with just two minutes remaining...
Maybe the recent uptick on Wall Street has motivated designers of fashion and home furnishings to go for all-out glitz again. Whatever the reason, gold is cropping up on everything from Gucci snakeskin stilettos to 18karat cappuccino machines. Trend spotter Jane Buckingham, president of Youth Intelligence, says, "Coming out of pessimistic times and recession, people are ready for a bit of luxury again, and nothing says luxury like gold...
...latest gay wedding. Another problem for Kerry may lie across the continent in California, a state any Democrat must carry to win the White House. This week assemblyman Mark Leno is expected to introduce a bill in the California legislature that would legalize gay marriage. Gay activists plan an all-out battle. "Our goal is to be the first state in the nation to [legalize gay marriage] through the democratic process as opposed to the courts," says Toni Broaddus of Equality California, the state's leading gay-advocacy group. The last thing the Democrats want in California is a conservative...
...bottom line is that Harvard education as we know it is going to change, perhaps drastically. The Undergraduate Council has to mount an all-out campaign—fostering debate, gathering student opinion and fighting for it—to make sure it changes for the better...
...Will domestic American politics turn this skirmish into an all-out trade war? The U.S. faces an expected $130 billion trade deficit with China this year. Protectionists in the U.S. Congress have already floated a bill to end permanent normal trade relations. "This really boils down to jobs," says Pennsylvania Congressman Phil English, a supporter of the legislation. "China's unfair trade practices are causing real pain in the U.S." Last week, Beijing announced it might raise tariffs on unspecified American products if Washington doesn't back down on the steel-import tariffs imposed in March 2002. And it quickly...