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...without meals for days at a time. We’ve joined Facebook groups proclaiming “I Picked a Major I Like, and One Day I Will Probably Be Living in a Box.” We’ve built up our quads so we can climb to our eighth-floor garrets with comparative ease. We’ve even learned the warning signs of consumption in case things should take a turn for La Boheme. Each summer, we intern in art studios and theaters and support ourselves by waiting tables. At lunch time...
...probably should have just eaten the ball and gone on with the next play. Again, Holy Cross did a good job defending it. [O’Hagan]’ll be back in those situations.”And Harvard’s momentum continued to climb through the third quarter, as sophomore defensive back Collin Zych silenced a Crusader red zone threat, intercepting Randolph’s pass in the end zone for a touchback.“I mean that’s what Coach stresses, never throw picks in the end zone, never have turnovers...
...Joseph R. Mason, a finance professor at Drexel University in a paper in early 2007. When all the indicators went bad - delinquencies and interest rates up, home prices down - the agencies started yanking the ratings on CDOs by the carload. As the number of subprime delinquencies started to climb, and the magic mark-to-model accounting that the investment houses used to value their AAA and AA CDOs got market-tested - as in, "What will you give me for this piece of paper?" - the game was over...
...expands daily. On September 17, Chinese Health Ministry authorities announced that over 6200 babies had fallen ill, many developing kidney stones, from drinking milk made from toxic powder. At least three have died, and more than 50 remain in serious condition. Officials have said the number of victims could climb, the China Daily reported...
...life of what-ifs and should-Is, birthdays missed for the important meeting and meetings missed because a child was sick. Yes, many men face these choices too, but it's mainly the women in my life whom I hear agonize over them, applauding friends who make the hard climb but also those who walk away. We still don't have many role models, because both professional success and successful parenting take so much time and heart and sweat and sleepless nights. So it's hard to watch an accomplished woman walk the tightrope under lights this bright and with...