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...really key,” Sheldon said. “I chose a six-iron today…and I hit it awesome—a little too aggressive, but it worked out beautifully. It was less than two feet from the hole. It was certainly a confidence-booster going into 18.”Not far behind Sheldon were the Crimson’s go-to veteran and rookie combo, Balmert and Cho, who tied for fourth overall at10 over par.The seasoned Balmert was a model of consistency, shooting three, four, and three strokes over par in her three...
...clinch an easy victory on Sunday, running away with the title by shooting a 301. If the squad can get the same quality of play, from top to bottom, it will be favored to win the Ivy championship next weekend.“This week was a huge confidence booster for us,” freshman standout Mark Pollak said. “Going into next weekend, we feel like, as the Yale coach put it, we’re the team to beat.”On the first day of play, the Crimson came out firing. The team...
North Korea’s recent attempt to launch its Kwangmyongsong-2 three stage booster rocket—which many experts have described as a civilian adaptation of its Taepodong-2 ballistic missile—should serve as a reminder of the unstable international security environment in Northeast Asia. Although the test itself was a failure—according to the New York Times, U.S. Northern Command and Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the missile fell apart in the Western Pacific—North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and its already extant launch capability should...
...Jenkins, C.S.C., has described Obama’s “visit as a basis for further positive engagement,” and not as “support [for] all of his positions.” And Douglas W. Kmiec, Obama’s most ostentatious Catholic booster during the election, panegyrized the President as a real “fightin’ Irish,” like Notre Dame, “when it comes to working for social justice.” American Catholic laymen on the right and left will continue to disagree, no doubt...
After the $180 billion AIG bailout initiated last summer, the $700 billion financial-system booster last fall and the $878 billion stimulus package this winter, convincing Americans that their money isn't being wasted is no easy task. Geithner has said the government may put up as much as $1 trillion in loans and guarantees to subsidize the sale of the toxic assets to private investors. Though the government could get back the money if the assets start trading again, many Americans see it going down a sinkhole. Says Democratic pollster Mark Mellman: "There's a narrative out there...