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...Ranta continued his spree of domination, claiming both of the meet’s diving events. Ranta placed first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 316.5 points, as well as winning the 3-meter dive with 312.23 points. Harvard also began the meet with a bang, emerging victorious in the first six swimming events. The 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Rob Newell, junior Simone Melillo, senior Bill Jones and co-captain David Guernsey claimed the event for the Crimson, touching the wall in 1:33.55. Three of the relay members were victorious in the individual...
...decision has been made about troop levels in Afghanistan, and anyone at the Pentagon who says otherwise should be fired.") But foreign policy developments seem destined to take some time, given the new President's proclivities: there will not be the macho kinetics of the Bush years nor the bang-bang nor the bellicose phrases like axis of evil. Obama was careful to avoid the phrase global war on terror in his Inaugural Address. Instead, there will be a steady drip-drip-drip of diplomacy, especially on neglected issues like nuclear proliferation. Even in the war zones, the Obama Administration...
...study calculated that the average dollar spent on infrastructure ricochets into $1.59 worth of short-term growth - a bit better than aid to states or broad-based tax cuts and a lot better than tax cuts for businesses or investors - increasing food-stamp or unemployment benefits packs even more bang for the buck...
...name which keeps coming up when these announcements or rumors hit the media is Citi's lead director Richard Parsons, former CEO of Time Warner (TWX). He may take Bischoff's place as Citi chairman but he did not do a bang up job at the media company. He has also been sitting on the Citi board during most of the period when the decisions were made that nearly brought the bank down. It would be hard to defend the position that he is blameless...
...They’re just virtuosic, which sort of gives me license to be ridiculous on stage.”He also looks forward to the opportunities that the contract will afford his band. “We’re really excited to get into the studio and bang out some tracks,” he said.Elephantom is the youngest band on the label, including three members still in high school. Matt A. Aucoin ‘12 is the keyboardist and sole Harvard student.“I would certainly characterize our music broadly as rock...