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Pink (as in slips) is the new brown. This fall a number of economists began predicting that unemployment would rise to 8% during this recession, up from a reading of 6.5% in October. It would be the highest jobless rate in years. But put into historical perspective, that forecast isn't too bad. A quarter of all adults were out of work during the Great Depression. More recently, unemployment reached 7.8% in the early 1990s, and climbed all the way to 11% in the beginning of the 1980s. We recovered from both of those recessions looking quite sprightly. But beyond...
...Harvard women’s squash team (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) opened its 2008-09 campaign by notching convincing wins over Brown and Williams with twin 9-0 routs. With last year’s entire starting nine returning and two highly-touted freshman opening their collegiate careers, the team was at top form from the first point. Despite having no seniors in the starting nine and just freshmen and sophomores in the top four flights, the Crimson demonstrated the consistency and poise of a much older team. “Not losing anybody from last year really helped...
...This is the second straight game that an opponent’s power-play goal stood in the way of a Crimson victory—the last time out, Harvard allowed Brown to convert on the power play late in the third period and spent the remainder of the game fighting off two more penalties...
Football players were not the only victors of Harvard-Yale weekend. No. 4 Harvard men’s squash (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) opened its season this weekend by crushing No. 14 Brown (0-1) on Friday and No. 10 Williams (0-1) yesterday. “I think it was a very successful weekend,” junior Colin West said. “Some teams are still easing into the season, but being ranked fourth in the country, we definitely had an advantage. It was a great way to start the season...
...always been perfect, but we’ve been able to come up the big play when we’ve needed it,” Schultz said.It is the Crimson’s second championship in as many seasons and third in the last five. Brown holds the other piece of the title after its 41-10 win over Columbia.“I’m very, very proud of our seniors,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “Back to back Ivy League champions. Chris Pizzotti, who was here for five years, helped...