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...free fall. The biggest crisis of all is the yen. With the Bank of Japan printing money to offset a liquidity crisis, the currency is sliding fast. It hit 134 to the dollar last week, a 15% decline since a year ago. The decline has prompted cries of foul from U.S. manufacturers over the competitive edge a weak currency gives Japanese products. But an equal concern is that an ever weaker yen will force devaluations throughout Asia, exacerbating trade tensions everywhere. Says Kenneth Courtis, Goldman Sachs Asia vice chairman: "It is now really important to get Japan back on track...
Budnitz has always had a sharp wit. She drew cartoons for The Crimson and the Lampoon—“for a long time, I thought I wanted to be a political cartoonist,” she says—poking fun at everything from pompous professors to foul-tasting dining hall food. One 1993 drawing depicts a little girl sheepishly approaching a group of three schoolboys. “Can I play?” she asks. “Yes! No! Maybe!” they reply. “Come back next year...
Dunham was only a 68 percent free-throw shooter at the time, but she made both of her foul shots, giving Harvard a comfortable five-point cushion...
...foul line had been unchartered territory for much of the game, as the officials kept their whistles in their pockets despite some physical inside play. Only eight fouls were called in the first half, and neither team attempted a free throw for the first 18 minutes of the second half...
Cornell did not make a foul shot all game—it did not even attempt one until there were just 45 seconds remaining...