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...Project also reflects the class’ latest goal: making this the first Green 25th reunion...
...there are early signs that the massive influx of government spending is already accomplishing its main goal: easing China's economic slowdown, which has been headlined by double-digit declines in exports, thousands of factory closures and the layoff of about 20 million workers. Economic statistics for the first quarter of 2009 were surprisingly positive, leading some economists to conclude that the rate of contraction was slowing and that China might be on the road to recovery. Power-generation and transportation statistics, key indicators of the economy's direction, registered modest increases in March after months of decline. Banks lent...
...rotations and adjustments on defense, rushed shots on offense, or failing to make the extra pass. It is not as easy to explain, however, why Harvard re-emerged from its locker room with a confident swagger, or why every shot during its halftime warm-ups fell cleanly into the goal. Whatever Delaney-Smith said to her squad, it somehow conjured the force in them. “We fell apart in the first half, rallied at halftime,” sophomore forward Jackie Alemany said. “We made certain goals to reach at certain times, and through tough...
...Lawrence, and then by Minnesota.A 3-2 loss to Connecticut knocked Harvard out of the rankings for the first time in six years, and things looked bleak heading into a Dec. 17 matchup with then-No. 3 Dartmouth.But spurred by sophomore Liza Ryabkina’s third-period goal, the Crimson beat the Big Green, 3-2, to head into winter break on a high note.That was the beginning of an impressive turnaround that put Harvard back on top of the ECAC.Starting with a Jan. 9 win over Brown, the Crimson went undefeated in its last 10 ECAC regular-season...
...season, battered Columbia, 6-1, and Cornell, 7-0, in the first Ivy weekend. “I think we are playing the best at this moment,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said after the Big Red match on April 5. “Our goal has been to be the most improved Ivy League team, and thus far I think we’ve accomplished that goal.” In its next match, Harvard took a step back, falling, 5-2, to No. 46 Princeton. With a 2-1 mark, the Crimson...