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...offense that Delaney-Smith last year called “incredibly predictable.” This season, Harvard features a deadly blend of quick guards and several strong post players who like the physical contact of the low block. And if the team can stay healthy, this combination should catapult the Crimson from fourth to first in the league. Leading the charge will be sophomore point guard Emily Tay. With her knack for getting into the lane and delivering jaw-dropping passes—even teammates had a hard time anticipating her feeds inside last year—Tay appears...
...over yet. Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus agreed last month to an $8 billion takeover bid by Tata Steel. The deal is the largest-ever Indian acquisition of a foreign firm, and it will catapult Tata from the world's 56th largest steel producer to the fifth. "All credit goes to Ratan Tata," says Sanjay Bhandarkar, managing director of the N.M. Rothschild private bank in India. "He clearly has a vision and knows what he's doing...
...counterstatement and rakes in more free publicity. After a recent Kazakh advertising supplement in The New York Times designed to show the world how modern and business-friendly the nation really is, Borat responded with a statement blaming the campaign on neighboring Uzbekistan, and threatening a “catapult war” if it did not stop. Luckily for Fox, and unlike “Da Vinci,” Cohen’s film is worth the three-ring press circus; it’s one of the funniest and most savage investigations of American culture to ever...
...Pierre Hotel, among more than a dozen others. And it's not over yet. Last week, Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus agreed an $8 billion takeover bid by Tata Steel. If the deal goes through, it would be the largest-ever Indian acquisition of a foreign firm, and it would catapult Tata from the world's 56th largest steel producer to the fifth. "Nothing succeeds like success," says Sanjay Bhandarkar, managing director of N.M. Rothschild private bank in India. "All credit goes to Ratan Tata. He clearly has a vision and knows what he's doing." Tata is one of Asia...
...Ungar says. “But we started fencing, and all of a sudden, I felt my point on his foot, and I had the touch. The second I touched his foot, I knew I had it.”The sophomore’s gold medal helped catapult the Crimson to its first-ever NCAA national championship. Though Ungar’s victory did not clinch the title for Harvard—the sabre bouts were just beginning at the time—it gave the Crimson a significant boost in the race that allowed Harvard to hold...