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...commission predicts the E.U. economy will shrink 1.8% in 2009. That's going to make borrowing crucial. Ireland's budget deficit is projected to rise to 13% of GDP by 2010; Britain's could hit 9.6%. France and Germany are both expected to blast through the 3% ceiling. The region's debt figures are just as dire. (See pictures of the financial crisis hitting London...
...antibodies, identified at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, target a mutation-resistant region on the surface protein Hemagglutenin, which provides a crucial link between the many strains of influenza virus...
...Humans store memories in various regions of the brain, but neuroscientists have pinpointed one section deep within, a seahorse-shaped structure called the hippocampus, as particularly crucial to memory. Studies of patients with brain injury or disease have shown that the hippocampus is where new memories are formed and where recent ones are retrieved; like a librarian, it scans the brain's catalog of bygone information and brings appropriate material to the fore. (But a recent brain-scan study of 15 healthy adults at the University of California, San Diego, found that the hippocampus has less to do with memories...
...Maria Larsson finished the day 4-2. But it was the epee team that secured the Ivy title for the women, beating Penn 7-2 to make up for close losses in the foil and sabre. The epee team cumulated a mere three losses in 18 bouts, which was crucial in the team’s win against Penn. “The epee squad was fantastic,” Cross said. “They were really strong and it really helped us pull through.” The Crimson was able to win some key bouts in order...
...earning a first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs. “Judging how the games went, we’re pretty content with the result,” junior Doug Rogers said. “We showed this weekend we can come back when behind, which is crucial going into the playoffs.”In the first period, Clarkson came out of the gates quickly. Just 4:29 into the contest, Golden Knight Matt Beca slotted the puck past sophomore goaltender Ryan Carroll. Clarkson controlled the first period, outshooting the Crimson 12-6.Three minutes into the second frame, Harvard...