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MINNEAPOLIS—In his first pair of starts for the Harvard men’s hockey team, sophomore goaltender Justin Tobe let only three pucks slip past his pads. Factor in one more game, yesterday’s contest against Merrimack in the consolation round of the Dodge Holiday Classic, and Tobe’s goals-against average is now doubled...
...absolutely are now. When an 89-year-old suffers a stroke, former dictator or otherwise, there is serious cause for concern. According to the American Stroke Association, 19 percent of stroke sufferers suffer aphasia (trouble speaking or understanding the speech of others), and old age is the ultimate compounding factor when judging the impact of any ailment. While prosecutors have already dismissed the stroke itself as yet another ruse to avoid being held to account, Chile’s judicial system must now tread exceptionally lightly on the question of Pinochet’s standing trial...
...Both ?The Passion? and ?Fahrenheit? benefitted from the curiosity factor, once media hype and early box office numbers attracted audiences beyond the movies? cores. But the core was important. Conservative Christians were enormously important in making ?The Passion? the hit it was. They got the faithful to the theaters. And in November, the same churches and social groups got the faithful to the polls...
Besides, the weak dollar is a big factor in the revived manufacturing sector. After some lean years, exports are picking up, and factory profits are on a roll. In the third quarter alone, equipment maker Caterpillar attributed $102 million of sales largely to the benefits of a falling dollar. General Motors is opening new Cadillac dealerships in Europe. "The drop in the value of the dollar certainly helps," says James Taylor, Cadillac manager in Detroit. Other U.S. multinationals are reaping windfalls too, converting overseas revenues into the weak dollar and getting more of them...
...exactly what he would like to do with the next four decades or so of his professional life, DiCaprio is entitled to chill. At 30, he has been a working actor for 17 years. He knows he's pretty good, but he recognizes that talent is not the only factor in his success. "I owe a lot to Titanic," he says. "That movie gave me the ability to steer the course of my own destiny." Now DiCaprio has reached a point at which he has the ability to do whatever he wants and an understanding of exactly what he wants...