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...blanking of Dartmouth—Harvard has won five straight, including sweeps of Vermont and now Brown. The Crimson is riding the longest winning streak in the ECAC and appears favorably positioned to make a run for the ECAC Championship and the Whitelaw Trophy, with the NCAA auto-bid that it entails...
...political fiddling and the idiosyncrasies of its producers, workers and consumers have closed off some areas to foreigners. As a superpower accounting for one-third of global production, the U.S. has natural protection for many of its industries. The entrenched power and influence of some sectors - such as auto making, steel and agriculture - have diminished America's claim to being a free trader. Now many of the barriers between the two countries will be ditched immediately; some will be taken down gradually. A few, such as those shielding American sugar farmers or Australian film and television producers, will stay...
What does Australia get? Australian auto parts and light commercial vehicles (such as utility trucks), fresh seafood (and canned tuna) and some horticultural products will no longer be subject to duties. For the first time, Australian companies will be able to compete for government tenders in the U.S. Service providers will be treated as if they were American. Farmers will be able to sell an extra $3.6 billion worth of beef and dairy products over the next two decades. The tariff on Australian wine will be cut to zero over 11 years...
Life, after a long time coming, had seemingly begun to imitate video games—but unfortunately, it wasn’t the Grand Theft Auto 3 kind as I had hoped...
...cartoons or his children's books, Geisel had the great salesman's gift for distilling an idea, making it glamorous and amusing - selling without shouting. Recognizing this, Standard Oil put him on other products, such as the auto additive Esso-lube. A Seussian creature would lurk on a car hood: Beware the "Moto-raspus"! Battle the "Karbo-nockus"! (Standard's oil to the rescue.) In a nod to dad, he also worked for Schaefer Beer; one cartoon had a stuffed moose head that comes to enthusiastic life when a waiter walks by with a bottle of Schaefer Bock Beer...