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...first game against NYU, Harvard relied on a variety of serves and good blocks from its front line to squeeze out a 30-26 win. From the get-go, Weissbourd and Ivica used their size advantage to fuel the Crimson’s offensive firepower with 14 and 13 kills, respectively, in the game. Jones also impressed, contributing 14 kills and one block...
...conditions last week that he issued a warning about the extreme danger of bushfires. He says now that a series of factors lined up to produce the "worst fire conditions" he has ever seen. Those conditions include extreme heat, dry winds, lightning strikes and arson, and vast amounts of fuel which should have been burned off under controlled conditions by authorities he says. "I woke up one night at 3am in the week before the fires and I thought things were not well. I was watching the weather and I did up a fire awareness notice which got published...
...Greed is integral to success on Wall Street and was until recently a quality we celebrated during years of economic prosperity. Channeled correctly, it can fuel innovation, creative business strategy, and the completion of financial transactions on an enormous scale. Cut loose from its free market moorings, however, the profit motive may become dangerously misguided. Pumping taxpayer dollars into failing Wall Street firms will have all of the negative and none of the positive consequences of greed. Given no incentive to be prudent, we can expect them to do nothing other than what they’re best at?...
...locals. British workers have protested the use of foreign workers. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has asked Microsoft to fire foreign workers first when layoffs arrive. The Italian Senate approved a bill Thursday that encourages doctors to turn in illegal immigrants who they've treated. Put simply, bad times fuel xenophobia. "History is full of cases of scapegoating triggered by economic crisis," says Francesco Billari, a professor of demography at Milan's Bocconi University. "Immigrants make an easy scapegoat: if you can't fight China, you can fight the Chinese at home...
...hard questions and demand answers. How does a bank that was making $1 billion a year suddenly make $10 billion? How does a car company that nearly went out of business when oil prices rose sharply over three decades ago decide to reduce spending for the development of fuel-efficient vehicles...