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...Hottest Bachelors a year later; serves as spokesman for the beef industry ("Beef: It's What's for Dinner"); runs a clothing line, and a children's foundation, called j.k. livin, after his life motto "Just keep livin'"; and doesn't use deodorant or cologne - but we'll bet he could market his musk...
...reaching its originally lofty goals has to be considered a failure. At the onset of 2009, expectations for the Crimson were more tempered. Haviland and Unger were gone, leaving sophomore Max Perlman—coming back from a year off—as the closest thing to a sure bet on the pitching staff. The rotation would have to be pieced together with sophomores that had shown flashes of competence but not consistency and rookies that had not shown anything at all. Harvard was returning its fair share of veteran bats, but bringing back most of a lineup that combined...
Specter's latest move - which he acknowledges came after seeing a private poll that showed he would be doomed in next year's GOP primary in Pennsylvania - appears to make him a much safer bet for re-election. The fact that he no longer has to worry about a challenge from the right changes the political equation on some issues. It means, for instance, that Republicans may be unable to filibuster Obama's judicial nominees. And Specter might be willing to reconsider his opposition to the controversial Employee Free Choice Act; his resistance to the measure, which would make...
...normally say that you believe commodities are a better bet, but do you think now with asset prices pushed so far down that it's a good time to start looking for undervalued stocks...
...suggestions on the table: A system of World War II - style convoys and escorts. An international moratorium on ransom payments. Some urge arming crews, although assuming that shippers can outgun young men fitted out with the best the Somali black market has to offer is a risky bet. The best solution is likely to be military, based on inspections, exclusion zones, rapid reaction and deadly force. That is how our partners are beginning to view it. French commandos retook a yacht on April 10, killing two pirates. (One passenger was killed.) Last November, the Indian navy sank a pirate "mother...