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...started to dominate play in the second and third periods.”Harvard was unable to create any offensive momentum heading into the second, but a hooking penalty on Cornell’s Karlee Overguard at 1:43 into the period gave the Crimson the boost it needed to get on the board.Executing Harvard’s power play offense to perfection, junior Anna McDonald and tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt combined for a pretty goal just over a minute after Overguard was sent to the box.McDonald held the puck at the left circle of the Big Red zone, passed...
...huge win,” co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “They’re the second best team in the league and they were the best team last year, so to be able to beat them before we go into the playoffs is a real good boost for us. It’ll be a confidence booster for us coming up to next week, and, if we see them again in the playoffs, it’s confidence for us to try to beat them again.” PLENTY OF PENALTIES The first period...
...national economy are seen by some economists as evidence that Beijing's massive monetary and fiscal-stimulus measures are kicking in. In November, the government announced a $586 billion spending package, mainly in new infrastructure projects, and since then, policymakers have introduced a long slate of measures to boost consumer spending. The government raised pension payments to retirees from state-owned enterprises, hiked teacher salaries, cut sales taxes on some vehicles and subsidized purchases of appliances for rural consumers. Some local officials have even issued spending coupons. The effort to keep growth going at all costs will continue, the optimists...
...makeup of the tigers' export markets by strengthening and extending trade links beyond the U.S. and Europe. Policymakers in Taiwan aim to do this by stimulating trade with other emerging markets, such as Russia, Brazil, India and the Middle East. Commerce within the region also needs a boost. The tigers need to "open up trade among the markets here, and to develop local goods that are attractive to local markets," says Joe Zveglich, assistant chief economist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila...
...Giovanna Bertazzoni, head of Impressionist and modern art for Christie's London, is hoping that Monday's record results will give a boost to future sales, after several auctions have taken place with extremely limited supply. "This was a special case," she said of the Paris auction. "But we hope that this will help us unearth more masterpieces, to convince others that this is a good time to sell. We see tonight that people very much still want to invest in art." Nevertheless, the same logic - and the shaky world financial system - may yet convince collectors to hold...