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This is not to say Dean doesn't know a lot of things about a lot of things, and particularly about the issues he dealt with as a Governor. (He's the only candidate with a dairy policy, for one.) His proposals for expanding health care and improving education both draw upon what he did in Vermont. When a doctor asked him about health insurance last month at a New Hampshire town hall, Dean launched into a detailed explanation of insurance premiums, the cost of drugs and his own medical practice, before finally apologizing: "That was probably more than...
...clock ticked down below one minute remaining, Northeastern settled into a half-court offense—the sort that Harvard had seen and dealt with for the past 39 minutes...
...Tbilisi, singing praises of the “bloodless revolution” that unseated Georgian President Eduard A. Shevardnadze. In a seeming about-face, yesterday the autonomous Georgian province of Adzharia announced that it would be boycotting participation in the Jan. 4 presidential election. This latest development has dealt a painful blow to the opposition movement, which had been gaining momentum the country, and has only underscored the level of factionalism and disorder that plagues this nation...
...that may eat up whatever profit margin Toys "R" Us has left. Despite rising consumer confidence and blistering U.S. economic growth of 8.2% in the third quarter, analysts expect sales at Toys "R" Us to drop from $7 billion in 2000 to $6.5 billion this year. And the company dealt investors a yuletide lump of coal when it announced that it had lost $38 million in the third quarter and was closing all its 146 Kids "R" Us stores plus 36 Imaginarium smart-toy stores, both of which were bleeding cash. Toys "R" Us stock now hovers around $11.75, down...
Already hampered by injuries to senior winger Kenny Turano (ankle), senior defenseman David McCulloch (ankle) and freshman defenseman Dylan Reese (back), Harvard was dealt another blow Friday night when freshman standout Steve Mandes took a hit from behind that kept him out of Saturday’s game...