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...stretch, 79-73, before freshman point guard Drew Housman and junior guard Jim Goffredo combined for an 8-0 run that sealed the deal. Long Island forward Eugene Kotorbai nailed a three from the top of the arc with just over six minutes left in the game to cap a 9-2 run and pull the Blackbirds back within six, 70-64. A quick jumper by Goffredo and a breakaway layup by Housman put Harvard back up 10. Housman set a career high with 18 points on the evening as well as three steals and three boards...
...instrumental variation has been fruitful, he remains at his best when performing as an acoustic troubadour. Here his catchy finger-picked guitar, undeniable melody, and poetic lyrics stood unadorned, in a highlight of the set.Calexico’s reappearance for a final set with Beam was a fitting cap to the night. The two groups faithfully reproduced most of their collaborative “In the Reins” EP, from the dreamy nostalgia of “Sixteen, Maybe Less” to the bluesy groove of “Red Dust...
...benefit reductions and revenue increases. The proposed benefit reductions include progressive benefit cuts—meaning that high income earners would face larger cuts—and a gradual increase in the retirement age to 68. The revenue increases include a rise in the payroll tax cap to 90 percent of earnings, and an additional mandatory contribution of 1.5 percent of payroll into new Personal Retirement Accounts (PRA’s), which would be matched by a 1.5 percent contribution from the Trust Fund. Once given a PRA, individuals can choose to have their money managed by any number...
...times, they have achanged. Socially responsible investments (SRIs) are all the rage these days, and it turns out they are competitive with their less benevolent counterparts. Over the past five years, socially responsible funds that invest in large-cap companies earned an average 11.99% return. Regular large-cap funds managed 12.60%. While that's still a disparity, it's not huge, and to many, it's a small price to pay to make the world better. "SRI funds have gotten a bad rap," says Tim Smith of Walden Asset Management, a financial consulting firm that specializes in SRIs. "Over...
...interest in the E.U. as the prospects for a return on his investment faded. In June, Blair said he'd consider giving up the British rebate, secured in 1984 by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to offset her country's scanty proceeds from the E.U.'s Common Agricultural Policy (cap), but only if "the larger anomaly" of big agricultural subsidies was changed, too. The French, the biggest beneficiaries and fiercest defenders of the cap, have insisted they're not open to further discussion on reducing subsidies, not now or in 2008, when Britain hopes to secure a mid-term review...