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...exercise British understatement. Heavy snow is too rare to warrant serious investment in equipment, especially in London and the southeast, where this was, as excitable weather forecasters declared, the biggest "snow event" in 18 years. The heavy fall may cost some 3 billion pounds (about $4.3 billion), since a fifth of the workforce took a "duvet day" and businesses stayed shuttered. It also stopped Tube service, caused chaos at airports and closed schools. Thousands remained shut for 48 hours, suggesting that Londoners, even more than Washingtonians, lack the "flinty Chicago toughness" President Barack Obama missed when a cold snap...
...like a private law firm by the Bush Administration, both in its novel interpretation of the law and in the way it purged employees who did not share its political views. Returning to the department he helped run in the late 1990s, Holder invited all employees to his grand fifth-floor office to introduce themselves. "It's good to be back," he said in remarks sent around the building...
...Goes Washington," James Poniewozik refers to companies that "showed off a new advertising campaign that audaciously hopes to benefit from [Obama's] buzz" [Feb. 2]. But let's be honest: TIME has used Obama's image as a moneymaker as well. During the past year, he appeared on one-fifth of your covers. Yes, he is a big seller during these times because he epitomizes change. But, hey, when it works, so be it! Cord Peters, NEW SMYRNA BEACH...
...seen as a disappointment. “The Slow Wonder” suggested that Newman recognized no boundaries to his songwriting, but five years later he seems happy to constrain himself to the narrow territory he has already laid out. Hopefully when The New Pornographers reconvene to record their fifth album Newman will decide to once again take a few risks. Given his talent, it’s pretty much a certainty that Newman could pull them off. —Staff writer Chris R. Kingston can be reached kingston@fas.harvard.edu...
...Cohen pushed the puck past Crimson freshman goalie Matt Hoyle to give the Terriers their first lead of the game at 11:25.Cheered on not only by its small student section but also by Northeastern supporters, Harvard refused to give in and responded just three minutes later. On the fifth and final power play for the Crimson, Biega wristed a hard shot on goal from between the faceoff circles, and sophomore Pier-Olivier Michaud’s deflection dribbled between the BU netminder’s legs to tie it at three all.A Harvard hooking penalty with just over...