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...course of the night. Early in the second period, Harvard picked up its first power play of the game, giving the Crimson a good chance to even the score. But the Tigers snatched up a turnover at the offensive blue line and ripped a short-handed breakaway shot to boost their lead to 3-1. Harvard got another power-play opportunity halfway through the middle frame, but Princeton goaltender Zane Kalemba got in front of shots from sophomore Matt McCollem and freshman Alex Killorn. And when the Crimson got a short-handed breakaway of its own, Kalemba stepped in front...
...never-ending tug between organ supply and demand, the scales have never tipped in favor of the patient; only a fraction of the people needing a new kidney, liver or heart actually receive one. To move people off the organ-waiting list, doctors either have to boost the supply of donors, or improve the viability of existing organs...
...think a person who finds novelty and excitement more rewarding does so because he gets more dopamine release, or more of a boost," says Zald. "But it's one of the big controversies in the field of addiction research now." And it's yet another area for researchers to explore in trying to come up with a better treatment for substance abuse...
Young middle-class couples like Gong and Wang are key to China's economic future - just as China's future may determine how long the global recession lasts. They are part of the population cohort the government hopes will boost domestic consumption, which takes up a mere 35% of the country's GDP right now, and thereby wean the country off export-dependent growth. China has long been concerned about its sluggish domestic consumer demand and recently vowed to expand it by injecting $586 billion into nationwide infrastructure. But a dwindling confidence in the economy seems to be getting...
...strikes will also give President Abbas no choice but to break off peace talks with Israel, although neither the Israelis nor most Palestinians treated them as any kind of serious peace process. Still, the Israeli offensive is likely to boost Palestinian political support for Hamas and to further weaken Abbas. In the weeks preceding the strikes, Israeli security officials warned that there is no end game, because a limited campaign would be unlikely to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, and a full-blown ground invasion would find Israel forced to reoccupy the territory on a long-term basis...