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...Secretary Henry Tang, the moving force behind the gst, underestimated his numbers and revealed last month that Hong Kong had posted a surplus of $7 billion for the year, and would give back $2.4 billion of that in tax breaks. The upshot: the government didn't really need the extra cash...
...physicians like to admit. Doctors who are particularly fond of a patient have been known to miss the diagnosis of a life-threatening cancer because they just didn't want it to be true. But negative emotions can be just as blinding, sometimes stopping a doctor from going the extra mile. "If you sense that your doctor is irritated with you, that he or she doesn't like you," says Groopman, "then it's time to get a new doctor." Studies show that most patients are pretty accurate in describing their doctors' feelings toward them...
...crosstown to Boston College for the opening round of the Women’s Beanpot. Trying to regain the trophy after a run of seven straight titles was snapped by the Eagles the year before, the Crimson erased deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to force overtime. The extra minutes piled up. The Harvard band took off after the first bonus session. By the time BC forward Anna McDonald ended it late in the third OT and the post-game interviews were conducted, there was no other option but to take a cab back to Cambridge?...
...huge second quarter, holding the Bears to just one goal. But in the third quarter Brown took advantage of the Crimson’s defensive breakdowns and lack of depth to put in five unanswered scores. Harvard also racked up a few key penalties resulting in successful extra-man situations for the visitors. “We felt the lack of bodies with our short bench and [Brown] just capitalized on that,” Snyder said. The third period ended with the Bears up, 7-1, but the Crimson would not let them get away easily. After catching...
Having paid positions also ensures effort on the part of student leaders. “Some think that having REP be a paid position is not ideal, but I think that it’s a good move...because it provides extra incentive for REPers to take it seriously,” says Firth M. McEachern ’08, a former Cabot REP leader and FM comper...