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...season, looking to punctuate this year’s setbacks with a win at home. After another rough start, Conn. College was eager to show it could remain competitive.Both teams fielded a young roster of underclassmen. The Camels were led by lone senior, Nick Llewellyn, who carries the burden of the team’s offensive attack, while the Crimson squad is led by co-captains Tune and Jay Connolly, fronting a strong base of freshman and sophomore talent. “We are a young team and we were learning this season,” Connolly said...
...Here The troubles we now face were caused largely by the combination of deregulation and low interest rates. After the collapse of the tech bubble, the economy needed a stimulus. But the Bush tax cuts didn't provide much stimulus to the economy. This put the burden of keeping the economy going on the Fed, and it responded by flooding the economy with liquidity. Under normal circumstances, it's fine to have money sloshing around in the system, since that helps the economy grow. But the economy had already overinvested, and so the extra money wasn't put to productive...
...there, so I feel prepared to lead,” Cartwright said. “I think I’m well suited to lead this group: I have high standards and I think I match them well.”Cartwright sees more of the benefits than the burden that the Radcliffe history eventually brings.“I don’t find that it’s an unusual burden at Harvard; [rather], I embrace it,” Cartwright said. “The students are smart, they know what to do.”Former...
...Their concerns were echoed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who warned the financial burden of crashing markets and imminent recession had rendered the emissions targets unattainable. "We do not think that now is the time to be playing the role of Don Quixote, when the big producers of CO2, such as the United States or China, are totally against adherence to our targets," he said, promising to veto the deal...
Bailout Fallout This notion of a government bailout is not a question of liberal vs. conservative but one of right or wrong [Oct. 6]. This one is wrong. The burden will fall on the people who need this money much more than greedy executives do. The executives should go down, just as any of us would have to. I realize the economic implications, but this country was built on sacrifice, and we may have to sacrifice again. Nicholas Gamba, Sayreville...