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...start—or an out more representative of her rookie season.“Strikeouts, that has kind of been my pattern the last few years,” Brown said. “Last year I was definitely a strikeout pitcher, but I didn’t expect it going into college because the competition is better. But I guess I just spin the ball, and if I don’t think about it, it’s a lot easier.”Brown’s 211 strikeouts—a total that broke...
...Upsets like water polo’s victory over Brown are thrilling, but not if you are rooting for the favorite. Instead, there can be just as much beauty in watching a team you support and expect to win go out and show its superior talent in bringing home victory. That is what the softball players did on their home field in the Ivy League Championship against the Quakers. Shelly Madick ’08 threw a no-hitter in the first game, then got the save in the second, shutting Penn down when it had the winning...
...company put Saab, Opel, Saturn and Hummer up for sale, then killed Pontiac. (Marchionne promptly entered fire-sale bids for Opel and Saab.) As the expected bankruptcy filing approached, plans were under way for a complicated stock deal that would render existing shares essentially worthless. Secured bondholders were being offered full payment in new company stock, while others were being told to expect far less...
...barring a big surprise, most people expect Sotomayor to be on the court when it opens its next term in October. The Democrats already have 59 votes in the Senate. And Sotomayor isn't a barn-burning leftist. She tends to write narrowly crafted rulings that focus on close application of the law. She resists rhetorical flourishes and sweeping philosophical statements. Altogether, she's a liberal jurist who will be replacing another mostly liberal vote on the court, David Souter, which means her arrival there won't do much to change the ideological balance. (See pictures of Sotomayor's career...
...less in the same place. China, which could inflict considerable economic pain on Pyongyang by cutting off trade and fuel shipments, now must decide whether or not, in truth, a nuclear North is against its "core interests." And it must do so with the world very much watching. Expect a senior envoy from Beijing to fly to Pyongyang at some point in the next few weeks or so for a conversation that will be anything but polite...