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Dickson evened the score seven minutes later off a penalty corner. The sophomore received a pass from co-captain Kristin Bannon at the left side of the field. After tapping it to herself just feet in front of the circle, Dickson booted it past the Wildcats goalie for her second score of the game, knotting the score at four with less than 15 minutes remaining...
...purpose is to bring a fresh perspective to law students, to put in front of them a vision of corporations and corporate law that perhaps they hadn’t had before,” said Allen White, who serves as vice president of the Tellus Institute, a research and policy organization focusing on sustainable development...
...scene may seem eerily familiar, especially since the rally was held in front of the very offices Barack Obama's campaign used last year in this northwest Virginia town. But the rally in Leesburg on Sunday was for the Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell; the speakers included attorney general nominee Ken Cuccinelli (the leader of the "Yes, we can" chant) and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling ("Help is on the way"). And while the tone may have sounded reminiscent of Obama's stirring rallies of a year ago, the platform couldn't have been more conservative. "This has been a campaign...
Strolling through downtown Geneva on a cool October evening, Nadia, a 23-year-old Kosovo native, shakes her head at a provocative poster depicting a burqa-clad woman in front of a thicket of missile-shaped minarets rising out of a Swiss flag. Below the flag, the word stop is written in big, bold letters. "As a Muslim woman, I am offended by this image," says Nadia, who requested that her last name not be used. "It presents Islam as a danger to Swiss society...
...obvious example, which will be front and center when U.S. President Barack Obama makes his first visit to China on Nov. 15, is the exchange rate of Beijing's currency, the renminbi (RMB). After allowing it to rise against the dollar by about 15% earlier this decade, China has since the onset of the crisis kept the RMB's value tightly pegged at about 6.8 to $1. Economists differ on how greatly undervalued the RMB is. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank contend that it's about 15%-25% below where it would be if it were allowed...