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Gettelfinger also said he believes several of the loan provisions were especially punishing to the UAW. The reason for such harshness, he says, is that Republicans in Congress were angry over the GOP's defeat in November. "We didn't sign the term sheet," Gettelfinger says, defiantly...
...year and goading the school board into voting on whether to ease the standards, parents marshaled 10,000 signatures online and on Jan. 22 gathered nearly 500 supporters to help plead their case. After two hours of debate, the school board passed a resolution, a move critics consider a defeat in the war on grade inflation. (Read about students getting paid for good grades...
...freshman Samantha Gridley’s match in the No. 5 singles position. The freshman dropped the first set, 7-6, but then forced a decisive final frame by taking the second set, 7-5. Despite a hard-fought battle, Gridley ultimately fell in the third-set tiebreaker. The defeat gave the Terriers a 4-3 victory over the Crimson. Although the loss was not the desired outcome, Harvard displayed potential in its showing, providing the Crimson players with reason for optimism. “We played a good first match,” said senior Beier...
...over Brown (1-4, 1-3) last Saturday in unusual fashion. With Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” resonating through the speakers, freshman swimmer Matthew McLean was carried around Blodgett Pool on a stretcher for a post-meet victory lap. However, the defeat of the Bears was significant in more ways than the simple maintenance of a perfect record. The contest was also the Crimson’s Iron Man meet. The Iron Man is a freshman swimmer or diver selected by his peers who must compete in every heat of every event...
...recent visit to soldiers wounded in the Gaza fighting, "The IDF has dealt Hamas a severe blow, but unfortunately the job has not been complete." He added: "We cannot show any weakness in the face of the Iranian-backed Hamas terror and must act with an iron fist to defeat the enemy...