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...past Fisher with 2:43 remaining in the period. The significance of Michaud’s first and second goals did not escape his teammates, and the Harvard players on the ice mobbed the freshman in a congratulatory hug.With a comfortable three-goal lead, the Crimson seemed content to contain the Bobcats and let their strong defense control the tempo in the final period. To Quinnipiac’s credit, the team continued to fight, sending 16 more shots at Richter to try to close the deficit. More significantly, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold pulled his goalie with more than...
...foreign visit, so the First Lady faces the press instead. Tatyana handles the test with such intelligence, grace and charm that she reaps a standing ovation from the audience, which had before been biased against all things Russian. President Platov joins the applause in the wings, then, failing to contain his feelings, steps up and kisses his darling First Lady under dozens of whizzing cameras, telling the press offhandedly: "This kiss is off the record...
Sifting through the list of 700-plus terms that contain "love poems" reveals some interesting trends. As we see with term "teenage love poem," above, lack of originality begins early, with teens appearing to be the prime culprits in word-stealing (though a less cynical man might hope that literary-minded young lovers just want to quote Elizabeth Barrett Browning to their sweethearts). Other teen love poem searches include: "love poems for MySpace," and "emo love poems" (referring to "emotional hardcore," a variant of punk rock), like these lines in the aptly named poem "ugh" submitted by a user...
...acknowledge the toxicity of the new mortgage, the broker then sells off this debt to investment banks, which collect mortgages in bulk, securitizing them as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). These CDOs are packages of mortgage-backed bonds, securitized from pieces of mortgages. As such, they can contain varying qualities of mortgages, despite tranches—or divisions of CDOs—that are intended to rank based on risk. Rating agencies are also to blame, because they facilitate the bank’s sale of securities to institutional investors. Many funds are restricted to buying only the highest quality securities...
...millions of Chinese workers, the two-week Lunar New Year festival offers the year's only opportunity to visit their families. After some initial hesitation, the ruling Communist Party's leadership moved quickly to contain any anger sparked by travel chaos, launching a nationwide mobilization dubbed the "war on snow havoc." Premier Wen Jiabao made three trips in a week to areas hard hit by the storms, apologizing to stranded travelers, consoling families of workers killed clearing power lines, and visiting residents of towns that had been without power for more than 10 days. "This is very important, to allow...