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...lobbying the Department of Labor to recommend. Kurt Piemonte, an associate director of career services at the Business School, wrote in an e-mailed statement that companies looking to pick up their newest recruits are “hopeful” that the statute will be interpreted in their favor, but remain in a state of limbo for the time being. “TARP recipient employers are rightly concerned that this new language is counterproductive to helping the United States and the world recover from the current economic crisis,” Piemonte wrote. —Staff writer...
...buried a shot to put his team up 54-50. His third basket of the half came with eight minutes to play. Dribbled around for an open look, he nailed a shot as the shot clock ran down to make it 61-58 in the Crimson’s favor.“I can’t say enough about the way Housman has played for us these past few weeks,” Amaker said. “He’s been the catalyst for our team.”Housman scattered free throws around those baskets...
...points with less than seven minutes remaining. Again, the Lions switched defenses, this time using a trapping press that forced the Crimson into committing several turnovers. A 9-2 run cut Harvard’s lead to six points and swung the momentum into Columbia’s favor. “They were not going to quit, they were going to do some good things,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “We knew basketball is usually a game of runs.” Guarding a 58-52 lead, the Crimson seemed...
...said. Led by Tay and sophomore Christine Matera—who knocked in two three pointers with 15 minutes left on the clock—the Crimson continued to fight its way back in. Coming into the last ten minutes of the game, the momentum began to change in favor of Harvard as Tay nailed two foul shots and senior Emma Moretzsohn contributed a layup. Rollins then sent in her first of two layups to give the Crimson the lead 47-46. “Once that happened, things started turning around,” Markley said...
...tight game, it proved to be a significant turning point in the Crimson’s favor...