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...don’t talk about Fight Club. But that’s not stopping Professor Richard Wrangham. The biological anthropology professor and co-author of “Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence,” will be appearing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on February 8th to discuss the 1999 David Fincher film as part of the theater’s ongoing series, “Science on Screen...
Freshman Kyle Casey sparked the Harvard run, rising above his defender and then letting go a three ball that swished through the net. Agho tried to keep the Lions afloat, knocking down a jumper from the left corner, but McNally hit another deep ball on the Crimson’s following possession...
...Lanka's ethnic Sinhalese majority for emerging victorious from the decades-long conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Rajapaksa's reputation was dented by international criticism of his headlong rush into the war's final battle. Dismissing calls for a last-minute cease-fire, Rajapaksa pushed to corner and crush the rebels, resulting in thousands of deaths among the 300,000 civilians stranded in the combat zone. Despite claiming an overwhelming majority in the Jan. 26 vote, Rajapaksa fared less well in the north and the east - areas that are home to most of the island's Tamil...
...think what differentiates him is that he’s 100% willing to go into the corner and take hits,” Biega said. “He grinds out games...
...rest of the answer is that Bernanke believes a Fed chairman needs to act like he's worried about inflation - and actually worry about inflation - even when he doesn't think it's around the corner. Inflation fears may not be justified by data today, but they can be self-fulfilling tomorrow, and the hawks who harbor them are quite influential on Wall Street. If markets and Chinese bondholders start to lose confidence in the value of the U.S. dollar, that could trigger another panic, regardless of the rationality of their fears. A little inflation might be a good thing...