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This time the victim was Sacred Heart. After an up-and-down start to the second half that saw 11 lead changes, Harvard went ahead to stay with 8:15 to play thanks to a 14-2 spurt. Merchant accounted for six of those 14 points, including the go-ahead basket. He scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half...
President Bush last week scored a major victory on trade in the House, squeaking out a 215-214 vote to win "trade promotion authority." If the Senate follows suit, as expected, Bush will gain the go-ahead to negotiate foreign-trade deals that could be worth tens of billions of dollars in extra growth for the U.S. and the global economy. But for Capitol Hill watchers, the victory (twice denied to President Clinton) was at least as notable for the White House's impressive arm twisting: several crucial votes came from G.O.P. Representatives from states that have been especially hard...
...City Council will have to grant Harvard permission to dig the tunnel—a step that represents residents’ last chance to fight against CGIS, which has already received the go-ahead from other city agencies...
...Steel is flexing its muscle in Washington again. They want consolidation, a go-ahead from trustbusters to merge ailing giants U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel along with anyone else who cares to join. They want government limits on imports of the cheaper foreign-made steel that's pushing them toward bankruptcy (Bethlehem already arrived last month) and tariffs on the steel that does get imported. They want the government to assume some $13 billion in pension and health-care costs that steelmakers promised retirees long ago, when there were still fewer of them than active workers - the decline...
...team’s comeback win against Lehigh last week, literally everyone made a contribution in the game’s final minute. With Harvard trailing by seven with 1:52 left, Harvey, Coleman and Winter all made key buckets, enabling Elliott Prasse-Freeman to drain the go-ahead jumper when Gellert made a steal...