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...Harvard women’s hockey team would possibly have had to make the journey back to the Golden Knights’ home next week for the opening round of the ECAC playoffs. But a quick shot from senior Jennifer Raimondi—netting her second crunch-time goal of the night—with only a single second left gave the Crimson the road win, the four seed, and the home ice advantage. “It was definitely the most dramatic goal that I have scored this season and top three for my career,” Raimondi...
...season ECAC title with the two points against Harvard.HARVARD 3, CLARKSON 2On Saturday night, Clarkson was less than half a minute from clinching the third seed in the ECAC tournament, achieving a home ECAC playoff date for the first time in its two years in the conference. In the crunch, Clarkson buckled under the pressure. After the Crimson had pulled senior goalie Ali Boe, who saved thirty shots overall, the extra skater gave Harvard the advantage it needed. With 27 seconds remaining before the Crimson would lose its playoff home ice, junior Lindsey Weaver beat the Saints’ Kira...
...quietly brokering that deal is Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, and it is now crunch time. A new Iraqi government will be formed in the next month or so. There will be a simple measure of Khalilzad's success: How much power, beyond their one-fifth minority status, will the Sunnis be given? At the heart of the negotiations will be a bright-line test: Who will control the Interior Ministry, now in the hands of Shi'ite religious extremists with close ties to Iran, who have murdered and tortured thousands of Sunnis? Even the Shi'ite leadership...
...Davos. The Alps. The crunch of snow. the setting for Thomas Mann's gigantic novel The Magic Mountain and for the World Economic Forum's equally gigantic annual gathering of 2,000-plus business leaders, politicians, academics and other influential types. The hand wringing over the world's economic, social and political problems. The search for creative solutions. The schmoozing. The parties. And, this year, the waft of curry overpowering the heavy Schweizerdeutsch fare. India everywhere, said the signs, and it was. The Finance Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, and the Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, turned up from Delhi...
WHAT CAN I DO? Energy experts say we could ease out of our gas crunch with realistic conservation efforts. Groups like the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy say we could cut natural-gas prices 20% in the next five years if the U.S. would, for instance, mandate efficiency targets for power plants and offer more financial incentives for renewable fuels like wind and solar. Even some industrial bosses are calling for more conservation to keep the economy humming. Says Liveris: "It's a shame the U.S. hasn't put in place these policies." As Americans are discovering...