Word: hawkings
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Indian tradition decrees that it is auspicious to make purchases in the days leading up to Diwali, which falls in October or November. With faith meshing so effortlessly with commerce, the season sees sellers, advertisers and marketers urging the devout to spend money with a religious fervor, as they hawk everything from chocolates and consumer durables to gold and houses. Buying a home is considered especially propitious. What better way to welcome the goddess of wealth into one's life than by inviting Lakshmi into a new abode? Thus, the period from just before Diwali through March is usually...
...contest as close as Saturday’s matchup between Harvard and non-conference opponent Lehigh was, as expected, reflected in the statistics. The Mountain Hawks racked up 393 yards on 74 plays, while the Crimson managed 368 on 75 plays. Despite being slightly outgained, Harvard came away with the 27-24 victory. The difference maker? Turnovers. Each quarterback threw an interception, but the difference lay in the fumbles—Lehigh lost two of its three fumbles, while the Crimson recovered both of its. In addition, one of Harvard’s defensive fumble recoveries as well...
...TOUCHDOWN LEHIGH. Harvard's Collin Zych loses his man and Mountain Hawk Mike Fitzgerald catches the ball wide open in the endzone...
...break the losing streak. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris, a fearless CIA operative roaming the Middle East, and Russell Crowe as his Stateside boss Ed Hoffman. The movie was scripted by William Monahan, Oscar winner for The Departed, and directed by Ridley Scott, who proved in Black Hawk Down that he knows how to detonate suspense in the bazaar of political ideas. More important, Body of Lies is based on David Ignatius' best seller, which casts Ferris as a good-guy hero, firmly in the spy-novel tradition, and makes him the agent of a devious plot that...
...Mann says much of his outfit's business is in visiting these historic sites of battle. But on some recent tours, he says, "It's not unusual for a Black Hawk or an Apache helicopter to fly over. And it is clear that [the conflict] I am describing is still going on." With security as fragile as it is in Afghanistan, there are no real relics there yet. "These battles we describe could be the future as they have been the past...