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...plunging prices too. Only 10% of all milk produced in the European Union is sold to consumers for drinking. One-third is used for making cheese, a quarter for butter, 12% for cream and the rest for milk powder and other products. Europe's cheese industry has been particularly hurt in the downturn. Unlike milk, which is seen as a staple, cheese is regarded as a luxury, and sales tend to drop off dramatically during a recession...
...motor race can provide a moment of liberation from all that. So when sportsmen or women cheat - scandals have sullied the image of baseball, cricket, cycling, rugby and soccer in recent times - the disservice to fans, and the damage done to sports, is far deeper. Cheating doesn't just hurt sports but betrays our sense of what's right, what's fairly attainable. It punches us straight in our optimism. (See the Top 10 Sporting Cheats...
...contends that consumers could actually be hurt by lower fees if banks decide to scrap rewards programs, raise interest rates on credit cards or reinstate annual credit-card fees to offset the lost interchange-fee revenues. (Read "Exposing the Credit-Card Fine Print...
...another key figure from last year. Senior Christina Hagner—coming off a breakout season in which she started all 18 games—has not yet seen the field due to a minor case of patellar tendinitis. Losing its leading goal scorer from last year will hurt any team, especially one whose strength is on the defensive end. So what does the future hold for Harvard? There are hints of good and bad. A 3-0 deficit against Hofstra was made respectable with two Crimson goals in the final 10 minutes. The offensive outburst must continue if Harvard...
Poland In Warsaw, where on Thursday, Sept. 17, Poles marked the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's invasion of the country, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the Associated Press that Obama had assured him in a phone call that plans to alter the missile-defense project would not hurt Poland's security. But some were skeptical. "It's not good," former Polish President and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa told the AP. "I can see what kind of policy the Obama Administration is pursuing towards this part of Europe. The way we are being approached needs to change." Aleksander Szczyglo...