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...horse racing and boxing, experts will point out that a strong start does not mean a strong finish. China is a case in point. Its GDP has grown at a rate of about 10% a year for a decade. The government has done whatever it needed to do to keep the economy on track. It has underwritten the build-up of the manufacturing sector, the telecom and electric infrastructure, and a large and complex financial system. It has also sold parts of the nation's largest companies to the public to give the companies more access to capital. The communist...
...Night at Lavietes Pavilion Saturday night, co-captain Tay proved once again why she is a major factor for the Harvard women’s basketball team (19-8, 11-2 Ivy). In a 91-57 crushing of Ivy-rival Yale, Tay scored a career-high 34 points to finish off her last home game for the Crimson...
...Green entered the game as the defensive specialist, and it certainly lived up to its billing in disrupting the Crimson’s offensive scheme from start to finish. Harvard expected to counter Smith with some star power of its own, but co-captain Emily Tay, who poured in a career-high 34 points last Saturday against Yale, was held to just seven points on 3-of-8 shooting and didn’t score her first basket until 12 minutes remained in the contest...
...next round,” junior heavyweight Andrew Knapp said. “And [O’Connor] got it done when it mattered.”No. 4 Jantzen (141) also proved his mettle through gritty matches, improving on a 2008 fourth-place finish. Due to strong performances early in the season, Jantzen found himself atop the bracket in 2009 and justified his seeding. Despite nagging injuries, the young grappler appeared in top form over the two-day tournament, dispatching Cornell’s Corey Manson and Trevor Melde of Rutgers to earn a spot in the decisive bout...
...IC4A and ECAC Championships this past Saturday and Sunday. Of the men, who competed in the 20-event IC4A Championships at Boston University’s track, standouts included sprinter John Dingus and pole vaulter Nico Weiler, both freshmen. Dingus qualified for the finals of the 400-meter dash, finishing ninth overall at 48:19 and breaking his own school record. He finished eighth in the finals at 49:43. Weiler finished his event impressively at first overall, vaulting 5.00 meters. The rookie was pleased with his performance, but felt that he could have done better...