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Most of the time, the troops just busy themselves with field exercises in the local farms and orchards. But every so often, things heat up. This summer, China pressured the board of the Asian Development Bank to block a $2.9 billion loan to India, arguing that part of the money would go to a flood-control project in Arunachal Pradesh. The governor of the state, a retired army general named J.J. Singh, then announced that India would deploy 50,000 more troops up there, though he tells TIME the additional troops were planned well before any hint of tension...
...kids are really, really committed,” Murphy said. “[They did] a good job block destructing, good job [with] gap control, good job tackling. We never let them get their run game off the ground...
...running back scored his second touchdown on a 15-yard run, thanks to a crucial block by junior fullback Anthony Rotio...
...They didn’t throw the ball a lot, by design apparently, and they just felt that they could run the football,” Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens said. “We stacked the front—there were more numbers there than they could block. They ran over a couple of our guys, they put a couple of guys on the sideline—just very, very physical play with a couple of different backs...
...same might be said of its stance toward corporate transparency. The Chamber successfully sued the Securities and Exchange Commission five years ago to block a requirement that 75% of mutual funds' boards be independent. And another legal battle seems likely to be brewing over the new SEC Commissioner's interest in pushing to allow shareholders to nominate independent members to corporate boards. "They will accept all kinds of stimulus funds and bailouts but God forbid we should ask for any kind of accountability in return," says Nell Minow, co-founder of Corporate Library, a corporate governance research firm...