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...giving the Crimson a 3-0 lead.“We capitalized on their mistakes,” Taylor said, adding, “We worked hard on the power play and just executed well tonight.”But Harvard’s three-goal cushion lasted just 20 seconds. The Big Green’s leading scorer, winger David Jones, maneuvered his way down the ice and fired a wrister past Tobe’s glove and off the right post into the net.The Crimson had a chance to widen the lead with another power play opportunity midway...
...second half, extending the lead to 44-33 with 15:33 to play on Mojica’s jumper, but the pattern from the first half held true again. Harvard began to close once more, and this time the Blue Devils did not have their nearly 20-point cushion to blunt the attack. A 15-4 Harvard run, begun by captain Jim Goffredo’s first field goal of the game, on a back door cut to the hoop, and ended by his first and last three-point field goal, tied the score at 48 and let the Blue...
...dannyseo.typepad.com), recommends using old VHS and cassette tape (both curl nicely on a sharp scissors' edge), old Christmas lights, tape measures, shoelaces-really anything from the junk drawer that's long enough to tie around a box-for a vintage look. Instead of plastic bubble wrap to cushion the contents, try unshelled peanuts, dry pasta or polyester fill from old pillows. Seo also suggests using bandanas and other reusable cloths, and for bottles of wine, sleeves of old flannel shirts. Not fancy enough? Try Poinsettia hemp wrap from Paporganics.com or Importica.com's paper made from naturally shed mulberry tree bark...
...institutional investors like pension funds, with obligations 15, 20 and 40 years out, 9% isn't that bad. They also like the idea that hedge funds provide a cushion in down markets since they don't closely mirror returns from stocks or bonds. David Hsieh of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business studied hedge funds before and after 2000 and found a general decrease in risk...
...from junior forward Brad Unger, who finished the game with 11 points. In the first half, Harvard shot 52 percent from the floor and grabbed its largest lead of the season when it went up 39-17 with 1:31 remaining on its way to a 19-point halftime cushion...