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...international institutions held a global popularity contest, there's little doubt the International Monetary Fund would finish last. Over the past 30 years, the Washington-based agency has aroused fear and loathing throughout much of Africa, Asia and Latin America because of the tough conditions it imposed on governments as the price for its financial assistance. When its role dwindled to near-irrelevance earlier this decade as the world economy expanded strongly, few tears were shed. Taking over as managing director in 2007, Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned its directors that, "what might be at stake today is the very...
...watched some film, and we talked to [Cohen] about some things that he could do, and he adjusted well,” Coach Tillman said after the contest against the Crusaders. “He tweaked where he was putting the ball and how he was shooting and I was impressed with that...
...responded by rattling off four straight goals in a little over three minutes to take the largest lead of the game at 9-6. Halpern broke Columbia’s scoring run, though, to pull the game within two halfway through the second half in a back-and-forth contest. “Their coach is a fighter,” Flood said. “[Harvard coach Lisa] Miller actually coached Columbia’s coach, so I’m sure [she was] excited and I’m sure she told her players to get after...
...that iced the game for the Crimson. In the fourth period, senior midfielder Nick Sapia tallied his first goal of the game, and Cohen notched number four and five for the game to complete the run. Cohen’s fifth goal, scored with 9:21 left in the contest, came after playing possum with the Crusader defense. Holding the ball behind the Holy Cross goal, Cohen waited until a defender would come out to challenge him. After a dozen seconds of inaction, a defender finally came, but Cohen simply ran past him and slipped a low shot into...
...certainly a lot more than just smut, but you'll have to find that out for yourself. If you need any further encouragement, Hale is widely considered one of the best fiction authors on campus, and has recently won the Louis Begley Prize for fiction and the Advocate's Contest Issue. While you're at it, you might as well check out some other choice submissions. Happy reading...