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...round of 16. Hayes proved his mettle in the quarterfinals when he came from behind to win one of the longer matches of the tournament, 5-7. 6-4, 10-8, against Pavel Cerny. But Hayes fell short in the semifinals, losing two close sets, 6-4, 7-5, to the eventual runner-up Loic Sessagesimi...
...Crimson squad fell short in a close match, losing, 9-8, 7-6 (6), to Vloedgraven/Wong...
After decades working for the state government, Kirwan is a veteran of steering large organizations through fiscal crises: as the state’s secretary of administration and finance under Mass. Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 for the past two years, Kirwan has helped close a series of billion-dollar deficits...
...Session Four: Having knows the past five [presidents], some well, some slightly, and having observed them each at one point or another up close, some thoughts on the presidential personality...
...especially good reason to caution against overexuberance. Her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) had secured another four-year term as the senior partner in a ruling coalition. And thanks to big gains by the center-right Free Democrats (FDP), who espouse economic liberalism and have a tradition of close ties to Washington, Merkel and her colleagues should be able to shed their existing coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD), for what is a more natural political ally. Yet the Christian Democrats did so with a lower percentage of votes than at the last election in 2005, despite Merkel's personal popularity, which...