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...Harvard, the preseason slate brought tough competition and a number of losses, but that experience could prove crucial to the team as it prepares for the six-week conference marathon...
Princeton won the Ivy title in 2008, while the Big Red took the crown in a dominating 2009 campaign. The Crimson proved it could compete with both squads last season—splitting a doubleheader with each and handing Cornell one of its three league losses—but a new season brings fresh faces and unique challenges...
...weapons and others in the region start pursuing their own programs, the U.S. will have two options: attack Iran, as Bolton and some neocons would like, or try to contain a nuclear-armed Iran while strengthening international consensus to restrict the spread of nukes. Going through the motions now could damage the credibility of the enterprise later. But the Administration is betting it's better to start now than to wait for things to really fall apart...
...visit to Washington will come just days before an April 15 deadline for U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to issue a semiannual report that could label China a currency manipulator. China's currency, the renminbi, has been pegged to the dollar, and many economists say it is undervalued, giving Chinese exporters an advantage over their competitors in the U.S. and elsewhere. Some U.S. lawmakers have been pushing Geithner to declare China a manipulator, which would force talks between the two sides and the International Monetary Fund and could create momentum for Washington to adopt protectionist measures...
...While expectations are low for any sudden jump in the value of the renminbi, the recent détente could make it easier for China to begin gradual changes. China's leadership was never likely to make any move on currency in the face of overt pressure from Washington, for fear of appearing weak in the eyes of its people. "Our view is that China was going to move around the middle of the year," says Green. "The China timetable was six months behind the U.S. on this, which creates tension. The tension makes a move harder. What we need...