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Ironically, it was a freshman who stepped upfor the Crimson in crunch time. Gates convertedtwo key lay-ups in the final 1:18 to help Harvardsurvive its own inexperience and Wofford's latecharge. Sturdy added a free throw with 11 secondsremaining to close out the scoring...
...Children are affected by the same time crunch that affects their parents," says Sandra Hofferth, the sociologist who headed the study. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both dual-income and "male breadwinner" households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers...
...markers, is slashing its marketing budget in spite of a hefty 14% increase in sales last year. "We have to hunker down here," says company president and CEO Gino N. Pala. "We have to watch things closely. I don't think we've felt the worst of the economic crunch yet. I think the damage has already been done, but we've got to work through it." He says that he intends to keep his staffing "flat" in the new year and that the company will have to do a better job in purchasing to keep its costs under control...
...leaves crunch under my feet, I realize my first Bostonian winter is approaching--and all too soon. Thankfully, my East Coast-native parents have prepared me with double-breasted coats and wool sweaters and fleece blankets--ignoring my adamant protests, of course. Umbrellas? Unheard of. Boots? You must be joking. And not only polar fleece, but polar fleece vests? What is going on here...
...equivalent period last year. "These companies will bleed as long as demand at home and in Asia remains weak," says TIME senior business reporter Bernard Baumohl. And therein lies Japan's vicious cycle: The bursting of the country's banking and real estate bubble created a credit crunch throughout Asia, and the consequent financial turmoil shrank markets for Japanese products -- eating into the manufacturing sector that turned Japan into an economic superpower. The country's Nikkei stock index has been sliding all week due to the earnings reports and general jitters, and it dropped 2.2% more on Wednesday...