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...game, the Crimson fell just short against rival Dartmouth, with Harvard unable to get a shot off in its final possession.“To lose to Dartmouth on your home court in the first game was a blow,” Rollins said.The Crimson knew it had to dig itself out of a hole, and bounced back with wins over Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and Cornell.On Feb. 14, however, another heartbreaking loss ensued—this time, at the hands of Columbia. Again, Harvard was just one shot away from the victory.The defeat was incredibly costly, placing the Crimson...
...give the credit to Sondheim himself. Director Nunn compares the lyricist's poetic gift and humanism to Shakespeare's. Both men, he says, are "fascinated with the contradictions of human beings, with their complexities and ambiguities. As with Shakespeare, there's heightened poetic expression in Sondheim, but when you dig into it, you find it's in touch with something real." The song "Send in the Clowns" contains not just pretty lyrics, but musings perfectly pitched for the character of Desirée, a glamorous actress pushing 40 and facing what may be her last chance for love. "The cadence...
...Dig a little deeper, though, and Citi's stress-test results look more like an F than the B+ the bank seemed to get. Among the 19 banks the government probed, Citi was found to have the lowest common capital ratio, which the government said was a key measure to protect against insolvency. What's more, Citi also got credit for a capital conversion it has yet to complete. Strip that out, and the amount of capital Citi needs balloons to nearly $63 billion, more than any of the other banks tested. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money...
...Balsillie wants to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes - the Artists Formerly Known As the Winnipeg Jets. The cash-strapped Jets left Canada for Arizona more than 10 years ago - when nobody (with any degree of intelligence whatsoever) could've guessed that people who live in a desert might not dig hockey (especially if their team doesn't win regular-season games, let alone Stanley Cups). When the 'Yotes' owner filed for bankruptcy protection last week, Balsillie offered a win-win proposition: He would buy the club and move it to the richest and most ardent hockey market in the NHL - southern...
Tenenbaum took the advice seriously. With Nesson’s approval, the 25-year-old Boston University physics student showed up for the deposition clad in a Red Sox t-shirt—a dig at his assailants, Denver-based lawyers, whose hometown team, Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies, had been swept by the Sox in the 2007 World Series. A pair of sunglasses—a warrior’s armor—hid his eyes during the proceedings...