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...hurt Harvard the most was its inaccurate serving, as the Crimson recorded 23 service errors while notching just four aces. “It’s just a matter of picking our spots,” Ridolfi said. “When you can go back there and bang the ball and when you have to be smart with the ball. We haven’t quite gotten there yet.” After having lost its first two matches in Hay Division play, Harvard will return to action on Wednesday against non-conference foe Endicott. The Crimson will...
...equities market remained a closed shop. Long abolished in New York, minimum commissions on the London exchange killed price competition and risked turning the city's securities market into a backwater as money managers went elsewhere for a better deal. But in 1986, sweeping deregulation known as the Big Bang finally blew things wide open. Out went the late starts, long lunches and cartel practices beloved of London's fusty gents. In came U.S. investment bankers toiling for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and others, and, with them, a vital injection of talent and competitive instincts...
London's pre-eminence wasn't guaranteed by the Big Bang, however. More recently, the U.K.'s decision to opt out of the euro in the early '90s stoked concern that Frankfurt - now home to the European Central Bank - would eclipse the City as Europe's leading financial center. Those concerns have gone the way of the franc, lira and deutsche mark. Thanks to London's ability to exploit its long-standing expertise in marketmaking and English's position as one of Europe's primary languages, there are now more euros traded for dollars, pounds and yen each...
...each swam a 25-yard leg of the relay to help the squad to a light-hearted victory in the event and cap four years of competition together at Blodgett Pool. “Today was about having fun, paying tribute to the seniors and going out with a bang,” junior diver Samantha Papadakis said. The seniors were not the only ones making a splash. Papadakis made school and Blodgett pool history with a record performance of 356.48 points in the three-meter competition. Jenny Greene had set the previous record of 343.75 points back...
...Jackson: It started off with a bang. It's still about trying to discover the best new talent we can find. People either love the early rounds or hate them. There's no middle ground. I think the early rounds show the audience what we actually go through before we get to the finalists. We show them the good, the bad, the everything...