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...think everyone was disappointed with [Friday] night’s result,” co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “We had a meeting [Friday] night with the team, just telling us that we got some bad bounces last night and things like that happen, but the main point for us was that we all have to stick together and keep working hard.”Not to be outdone, UND sought to take control of the match’s momentum early. However, the Sioux committed a pair of penalties within the first two minutes...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Late Goals End Redemption Bid | 12/7/2008 | See Source »

...could you know something like that would happen?" one worker told the New York Times. "No one expected something like that." But for people who study crowd crushes, there was nothing surprising about what happened at Wal-Mart. It was reminiscent of many tragedies that have come before, at soccer stadiums, concerts and Ikea stores, which only makes it more awful. "We know exactly how crowds work," says G. Keith Still, a crowd management expert who has helped plan high-density events around the world, including the annual pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. There is, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Prevent a Crowd Crush | 12/6/2008 | See Source »

...kind of understanding of why people behave the way they do, what motivates them, what they're afraid of, what they're hoping. I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khaled Hosseini | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...analyzed has fallen from an estimated 104% (a surplus) to 80% (a deficit). Now, companies are scrambling to determine how to make up the difference. There are two key ways to do that, with the easiest being a stock market recovery. But there's no telling when that will happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pension Funds Take Another Pounding | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...definitely have the combination of experience and advocacy on the University level to make a lot of our plans happen,” she said of her ticket, which pairs her with running mate and fellow UC member Kia J. McLeod...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UC Candidates Battle for Votes | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

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