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...captain and goaltender Kylie Stone. “Every game is a big game within the league.” With only 14 seconds left in the first half, Harvard broke a scoreless tie when sophomore forward Maggie McVeigh scored on a counterattack. Sophomore forward Leigh McCoy increased the cushion to two with a goal late in the second half. The two goals were more than enough for Stone, who notched seven saves en route to her third shutout of the season. Early on, it looked as if Brown would strike first. Just 35 seconds into the game, Bears forward...
...over. So the more cash you have in short-term securities like bank CDs, interest-bearing checking accounts, money-market mutual funds and Treasury bills, the better shape you'll be in to ride out a market slump and invest again when the economy stabilizes. Typically, a decent cash cushion is three to six months' worth of living expenses if you are working and 12 months' worth or more if you are retired. Double the cushion if you can. "Believe me," says William Jordan, president of the Sentinel Group, financial planners in Laguna Hills, Calif., "you will not look back...
...here too, Spain's regulators have encouraged sensible behavior. For years, banks have been required to put aside cash to cover expected future losses, not actual ones. The Bank of Spain "thought that in the good times it makes sense to build a cushion for the bad times," says Ramirez. So while Spain enters a downturn "a significant portion of the potential deterioration [for banks] will be covered by these provisions." There are no guarantees, of course, for Santander or anyone else, in today's parlous international environment. But for now, at least, Spain offers a lesson in prudence through...
...Despite trailing by a goal heading into the final quarter, the Crimson dug deep and capitalized on late scoring opportunities to hold off the Engineers (3-6). Sophomore Jeff Lee and senior captain David Tune notched critical goals in the final two minutes to give Harvard a 10-8 cushion, but MIT closed the gap to one with a few seconds left on the clock. “It was a tense 17 seconds at the end of the game,” senior captain Jay Connolly said. “It was pretty chaotic, but we just controlled...
...midfield, weaved past a host of Davidson defenders, and fired a bullet from the left side that beat Wildcat keeper Loring Ward right post to extend Harvard’s early lead. The tally marked Kowal’s first collegiate assist.Wylie had given the Crimson a 1-0 cushion just 10 minutes into the game, taking a pass from Baskind and lofting a shot over Ward’s head from point-blank range.Concern replaced confidence for the Harvard faithful at Ohiri Field in the second half, when an aggressive Davidson squad pulled within a goal and had several...