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...chance to take the first-period lead, knocking in two goals in 53 seconds. Quinnipiac put away its first tally on a rebound at the 11:34 mark and then took advantage of a Crimson turnover on the blue line and finished off a rebound in the crease to boost its lead to 2-0. “Through the first 10, 15 minutes we weren’t executing well,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “We had breakdowns that allowed them to get odd-numbered rushes. After that...
Privately, campaign officials were realistic about what lies ahead: a big momentum boost for Obama, and certainly, an avalanche of campaign cash. (A win by former North Carolina Senator John Edwards would have done far less damage, because he lacks the financial resources and organization to go forward.) If there was any consolation, it was that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's big win guarantees a spirited race on the G.O.P. side, and New Hampshire independents, who have a choice of participating in either party's primary, might lean towards voting with the G.O.P. Polling has indicated, however, that unaffiliated...
...iPods and dream of Davy Crockett coonskin caps? In February the 100,000 or so of these January 1946 babies who opted for early retirement will get their first Social Security checks (averaging between $900 and $1,000 a month), marking the beginning of a demographic wave that will boost the program's rolls from 50 million to 80 million over the next two decades. Not so adorable...
...crisis projected for 2041 is that the bond stash will run out. The semicrisis set for 2011 is that Social Security will quickly go from the big boost to federal finances that it has been for the past 25 years to a big drag (a drag greatly exacerbated by the cost of paying for Medicare for the boomers, which is another story...
...Mary Secret, a social-work professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her 2005 analysis of 55 businesses with baby-friendly policies found that people often anticipate disaster but there is rarely a negative effect on co-workers or productivity. What's more, she learned that having babies around can boost morale among colleagues. "We have tended to have this myth of the separation between work and family," Secret says. "In reality, that never existed...