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...after 500 meters, but it then began to challenge for a medal.“Looked like they got off to an atrocious start…it looked terrible,” Manning said.With 750 meters remaining, Cornell and Harvard were gaining ground on second-place Brown, and a frantic sprint to the finish allowed the Crimson to pass the Bears and come out ahead by less than four tenths of a second. The comeback came two days after the boat took first place over Cal in its heat, which gave it an automatic berth in the final.But...
...chipped away at Princeton’s lead. The Tigers fell out of sync, hitting only one field goal in the first eight minutes of the second half. “We actually ran our system,” Delaney-Smith said. “We were less frantic. We were balanced and we were stronger and we had team play versus everybody trying to go one-on-one.” Harvard took a 40-39 lead with five minutes remaining in regulation, giving Princeton a much-needed wakeup call. Both teams rained down shots on each other, trading...
...that Toomey, who led Club for Growth, a political action committee for the advancement of fiscal conservatives, is more fiscally and socially conservative than Specter, who often votes with the Democrats, especially on abortion, immigration and the environment. Specter successfully defended his post against Toomey in 2004, but his frantic party switch indicates he feared losing the rematch next year...
...With Japan's unemployment rate on the rise - it reached a three-year high of 4.4% in February - the government is frantic to find solutions to stanch the flow of job losses and to help the unemployed. The virtual collapse of Japan's export-driven economy, in which exports have nearly halved compared to the first two months of last year, has forced manufacturers to cut production. Temporary and contract workers at automotive and electronics companies have been hit especially hard. Hamamatsu has 18,000 Brazilian residents, about 5% of the total in Japan, and is home to the nation...
...Indeed, in many cases, the desperate effort to add on more courses and yet more extracurricular activities does seem like a frantic attempt to fill time. Students cram the day with meetings and work so that there is not the slightest opportunity for conversation. Summer vacation? Internship. Winter vacation? Fall back on the middle-school tactic and ask for extra work, formally known as the J-term...