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...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...
...night. The play, which recounts the disintegration of King Richard II’s reign and Henry Bolingbroke’s subsequent bloody accession to the throne, is in many ways rooted in the imagery and customs of the sixteenth century, when it was written. This production seeks to catapult the play into the present. Daniel R. Pecci ’09, who plays Bolingbroke, says that he partially modeled his character on McEnroe whom he claims shares Bolingbroke’s peculiar sense of anger.“It has to be endearing and oddly understandable...
...public image, ensuring a truly universal applicant pool. Secondly, students could forget about their summer expected earnings or work-study requirements and could fully focus on their studies and extracurriculars. White-collar parents’ nightmares about college would diminish, if not cease. Such a transformation would catapult Harvard back to its vaunted position as a moral leader through fabulous media buzz...
...averaging 4.89 goals per contest—and has not lost since November. New Hampshire’s fearsome top line features the third, fourth, and seventh-leading per game scorers in the nation in Jennifer Hitchcock, Sadie Wright-Ward, and Sam Faber, respectively. These explosive talents also catapult the Wildcats’ top-ranked power play, which converts at an amazing 30.1 percent clip. Harvard will be well served to stay out of the penalty box, and when it is whistled, will rely on the speed of its penalty kill unit to prevent New Hampshire from cycling the puck...