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WORCESTER, Mass.—The sport of football is a funny thing. On any given Saturday, it can giveth and it can taketh away. That was certainly the case for Harvard football this weekend, as it witnessed highs and lows before ultimately falling to Holy Cross (3-0), 27-20.“The bottom line is that we played hard, but they made a few more plays, and we made a few more mistakes,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “And that makes the difference in the game.”Harvard...
...episode, you're off the train. Now when fans can rewind and rewatch and discuss endlessly in blogs and chat rooms, these shows can be more challenging, sprawling and complex. And Internet buzz is crucial to their success. The Web taketh from Heroes, no question, but it also giveth considerably...
...main downside of tax cuts and benefit increases will be their tails; pity the politician who tries to taketh away what he's already giveth. That's why the best test of any cash stimulus will be whether it makes sense on its merits. Obama's aides have already dropped a proposal to give businesses a $3,000 credit for every job they create - an invitation to game the system. But payroll-tax relief will reward work and put money in the hands of the people who need it most. And there's no time like the present...
Shortchanging Short Hops. What American giveth with one hand, it taketh with the other. A new mileage-award policy takes effect Dec. 31: Short-haul flights, which once earned fliers a minimum of 500 mileage points, will now earn points equal only to the actual miles flown. Super-elite gold and platinum AAdvantage members, however, will still receive the 500-point minimum...
...Obama is the master of giving people some of what they want, enough to make the common ground seem sufficiently hospitable for them to agree to try it out for a while. So where one hand giveth, the other hand holds the price tag. Yes, we need to give troubled kids better opportunities, he says, but parents have to turn off the TV and weigh in and get involved. Yes, the government needs to drive an alternative-energy economy, but we have to turn off the lights and turn down the heat. Yes, we can argue, but we also have...