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...that Entwistle doesn't have grand ambitions for the team he already has. Beyond more blockbuster deals, he wants to field a group of runners in Mumbai's annual marathon next January. "Participation isn't mandatory," he says, "but I think I can convince most people to join." You'll find him at the head of the Goldman pack...
...have been spurned by an alcoholic Irish lass. Thursday September 20th at 8 p.m. Harper’s Ferry, Allston, Mass. 2)If You’re Interested, You Probably Already Know About It But we’ll say it anyway. Rilo Kiley, Jonathan Rice, and Grand Ole Party are playing Avalon on Friday. Go and get your indie on! Friday September 21st at 7 p.m. Avalon, Landsdowne Street, Boston. $20. 3) t’s a Hillel of a Day for a Barbecue Harvard Hillel will host a barbecue on the MAC Quad this Sunday. Enjoy good food...
...Until Monday's grand gesture, the more the authorities tried to sooth, it seemed, the greater the panic. With no sign of the run on Northern Rock ending - savers have so far yanked out well over $4 billion - the panic began to spread. Alliance & Leicester's stock plummeted by almost a third on Monday despite a statement insisting its business was solid; shares in Bradford & Bingley dropped by 15%. Desperate to restore order, the U.K. Treasury put its own money (meaning the public's money) down. "I want to put the matter beyond doubt," Darling said. Customers' cash held...
...CONCACAF qualifying tournament against Haiti last winter, returned to the FIFA scene once again this summer. Akpan made the final cut for the U-20 World Cup team, and helped supply the pressure that caused an own-goal against Uruguay in their Round of Sixteen game. The Grand Prairie native also helped his club team, the Dallas Texans 88 Red, to earn the youth national championship, and was recently selected as Ivy League Player of the Week. This season has also seen other Crimson players in the national spotlight. Junior Michael Fucito was named to Top Drawer Soccer?...
...Even so, Greece's looming political uncertainty has precipitated calls for a grand alliance between the country's perennial political foes. "Frustrated voters cultivate romantic notions," a senior pollster said on condition of anonymity because of the polling ban. On Sunday he said, "most voters will sober up before the ballot box and pick the best of the unfavourable choices before them." Provided, of course, they show...