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...Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “I was very concerned in that regard, and I thought our kids found a way. We didn’t play particularly well, things didn’t go that well in terms of our shots. You give a lot of credit to Army, but we found a way to come out on top and gut our way through to a victory.” The key stretch in a back-and-forth game with six ties and 17 lead changes—13 in the first half—began with...
...record indicated,” coach Tommy Amaker said. “I was very concerned in that regard and I though our kids found a way. We didn't play particularly well, things didn't go that well in terms of our shots. You give a lot of credit to Army but we found a way to come out on top and gut our way through to a victory.” The key stretch in a back-and-forth game with six ties and 17 lead changes—13 in the first half—began with...
...Lowdown: MacDonald's "Fat Bastard" persona is one we can all recognize: that particularly odious American mentality of indulgence and irresponsibility, of charging one's life on a credit card until the IRS comes a-knockin'. But the scheme MacDonald concocted to kill said bastard is uniquely his own, and the life he lived throughout the ordeal is as unbelievable as it sounds. How did MacDonald not die in the process? Just as fascinating are the glimpses of life in the U.S. in 2000. As MacDonald notes, "If I had been paying attention, I might have noticed that...
Nope, it's the specter of a scary, skeletal, credit-crunched holiday season that has Brits collectively behaving like Scrooges, unmoved by the government's newly unveiled 20 billion pound fiscal stimulus package and a cut in value-added tax. And unless retailers persuade consumers that redemption - for individuals, for businesses and for the wider economy - lies in more generous spending, Britain's downturn threatens to be steep indeed. According to the British Retail Consortium, retail sales account for a fifth of the nation's economy, with the sector responsible for some 8% of GDP and employing 11% of Britain...
Anecdotal and empirical evidence seem to bear out Synovate's figures. Despite deep discounting and promotions that Denison describes as "hypercreative," sales have quite simply fallen off a cliff. Retailers are understandably coy about admitting to their own struggles, fearing that such revelations could endanger their credit lines and spook investors. A jeweler who prefers to remain anonymous says that top-end shops already weathered a drop-off in sales last Christmas and have been suffering throughout the year. "Bankers used to come in droves with their wives," says the jeweler. "There were lots of Americans and French...