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...year of historic market turmoil, many of the nation’s wealthiest universities beat the trend of negative returns—with Harvard leading the pack. Though Harvard’s 8.6 percent return on its investments through June 30 was down significantly from previous years, it led a slew of universities with large endowments that managed to stay ahead of downward spiraling market prices. Yale announced late last week that its endowment rose 4.5 percent during the 2008 fiscal year—ending the year with $22.9 billion—and Stanford announced a 6.2 percent growth...
...campaign in quite some time, racking up 10 wins for first-year coach Ray Leone. But the 1-0 loss to Penn dropped the Crimson below .500 in league play, and established the Quakers—who had already clinched the Ivy title—as the team to beat in the Ancient Eight. Tomorrow evening at 7 p.m., these two teams will resume Ivy play against each other as Harvard (3-2-2) travels to Penn (3-3-1, 0-0) to take on the defending conference champions. This time around, the Crimson hopes to send a message...
...party largely bereft of consensus. Motlanthe appears set to take the reins from Thabo Mbeki, whose resignation was demanded by the ruling party after a judge accused Mbeki's government of improperly interfering in the prosecution on corruption charges of his chief rival, Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who beat out Mbeki in a bitterly-fought campaign for leadership of the ANC last December, can't assume the presidency until next year's elections because he's not a member of the legislature. But he'll be happy to have the seat kept warm by his close ally Motlanthe, viewed both within...
...together in the last match.” Ko defeated No. 109 Bianca Eichkorn from Miami 6-2, 6-4 in the first round and won 6-1, 6-2 against No. 46 Ela Kaluder of Arkansas in the next match. In the semifinals, she beat No. 94 Katarina Zoricic from William and Mary 6-2, 6-2. Ko, who was the top player on the Crimson last season, finally met her match in the finals, where she lost 6-1, 6-1 to No. 1 Aurelija Miseviciute of Arkansas. Ko’s performance over the weekend should increase...
...sister married into the imperial family. Pegged to win since Fukuda announced his plans to resign three weeks ago, he has the support of the LDP's partner coalition, the New Komeito Party, as well as younger voters. After campaigning for nearly two weeks, he easily beat the other four LDP candidates, including Yuriko Koike, the party's first female presidential candidate, who was backed by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi...