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...Having a lot of people there gives everyone a little extra boost,” Cavanagh said. “If you’re a little tired and you have the crowd roaring, it gives you that little extra energy that you need...
Besides Rourke and Taylor, Cornell got a boost from the offense of point guard Jason Canady. Fresh off a career high 20-point effort on Friday night versus Dartmouth, Canady recorded 15 more Saturday night on 6-of-11 shooting, consistently breaking down Harvard off the dribble and getting into the lane. The Crimson was not prepared for the ability of Canady, as the freshman only played one minute in the two teams’ previous meeting in Ithaca...
...peacekeeping operation of 7,000 European troops under E.U. control. "The Balkans are divided into two groups: those who will become E.U. members soon and those who won't," says Gerald Knaus, head of the European Stability Initiative, a Berlin think tank. The prospect of membership "gives a big boost to reform. For Albania, Bosnia and Serbia, the incentive is much weaker as long as membership remains vague...
GETTING A BOOST...
PetroChina officials have assured investors that the firm does not deal directly with Sudan. But the firm is a spin-off of the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), which has invested more than $1 billion in a joint venture with the government of Sudan to boost that country’s oil production. CNPC still controls 90 percent of PetroChina, and a restructuring plan unveiled late last year would move all of CNPC’s overseas assets—including its Sudan stake—directly into PetroChina’s hands...