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Whether it’s a blowout or a closer affair, the change in the win-loss column is the one figure that counts. For the Crimson, its two games progressed differently, but in the end, both meant the same thing...

Author: By E. Benjamin Samuels, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Columbia Piles on Runs in Dominant Showing at O’Donnell Field | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...glitz and buzz, Libya's international acceptance has not brought deeper political or social change. Last September, Gaddafi celebrated his 40th anniversary in power with a blowout party featuring an air force flypast, hundreds of performers and a massive fireworks display. Aged just 68, Gaddafi Senior is now the world's longest-serving head of government (a few monarchs beat him when it comes to longest-serving head of state). His face peers from billboards across the country, and his firebrand style has barely tempered with age. His blast against Western leaders in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Gaddafi's Son Reform Libya? | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Playing in a game that was originally scheduled for Wednesday night, but was delayed due to weather and poor field conditions, the Crimson (6-12) lost in a blowout, 14-1, to Holy Cross (9-8) in Worcester, Mass., last night...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Drilled By Holy Cross, 14-1 | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

...Moves to force lenders to pay up in response to the global financial blowout are gaining momentum. German officials announced plans Monday, March 22, to start taxing banks as a way of squirreling funds for any future bailouts, with details expected to come before the end of the month. U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled proposals in January for a $90 billion bank tax designed to recoup public money used to shore up the nation's lenders. No-nonsense Sweden, meanwhile, has already implemented its own version. But amid this consensus on the need to charge banks, doubts over the merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Europe, a Tax on Banks Gains Momentum | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

Michigan proved too much for the Crimson to handle, giving Harvard its first loss of the season in a blowout. Though ranked fifth, the Wolverines had three losses coming into the weekend—all against top-10 teams...

Author: By E. Benjamin Samuels, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Water Polo Off To Best Start in Five Seasons | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

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