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...loss at Connecticut, which received 15 first-place votes in the latest NCAA rankings. But it was obvious to fans and coaches alike that the Crimson was still very much in preseason form. A 1-0 win against struggling New Hampshire the following week provided a boost, though Harvard again had difficulties capitalizing on multiple scoring chances. This past weekend’s pair of matches represented a way for a 1-1-1 team to point itself in the right direction. Alas, the Crimson was shut out last Friday by Long Beach State, having its 10-game home unbeaten...
...company, we would love to have him.”For now, the Square’s assortment of ice cream and frozen yogurt shops is down to five. While Petryk said he did not expect the closing of Herrell’s to give business a big boost, he said he was exploring the possibility of collaborating with Stanett to supply First Printer with ice cream.“His personality is as large as his physical stature,” Petryk said. “I’m sure whatever he’s going...
...sales could stand to see an increase. “We’re an online company, so we make sales nationwide,” she remarks on her year-old Arlington-based business venture’s range of customers. “Still, we could use a boost.”However, that boost has to sustain itself without the aid of gimmicks in order to have a lasting effect. “The whole thing [Fashion’s Night Out] is designed to create a stir, and to get that economic push that we need nowadays...
...person panel, called the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, makes some concrete suggestions, like looking at household income and wealth rather than national production to avoid the false boost that debt-fueled consumer spending gives to GDP. Nonmarket activities such as raising children, caring for the elderly and housecleaning should be taken into account, the panel says, as should environmental sustainability. But most important, it suggests looking at "soft" economic indicators that are linked to well-being, such as access to education, population health and leisure time...
...cured of) prostate cancer in the modern era has gone up. Within the over-65 set in her study, Lu-Yao says, more patients were probably diagnosed with early-stage, survivable cancer compared with patients diagnosed from 1949 to 1992. So the PSA screen may have helped artificially boost survival rates of this group...