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Harvard will look to fight fire with fire against the high-powered Holy Cross passing attack, as the Crimson returns seven starters to a defense that led the nation in sacks and tackles for a loss last year...
...challenge for the Crimson than in the recent past. The matchup to watch will surely be the pass-first Holy Cross offense, led by junior quarterback Dominic Randolph, who set a school single-game record with 62 throwing attempts in the team’s opener (a 40-30 loss to No. 3 UMass) against one of the best secondaries of the Tim Murphy Era, highlighted by preseason All-American corner Andrew Berry...
...most important thing is to call your mortgage servicer--which may not be the outfit that made the loan--and talk to the loss-mitigation department as soon as you sense trouble. The more temporary the help you seek--a forbearance, say--the more likely you are to get it. Lenders prefer workouts to foreclosure, but attitude is key. "It's not easy to be polite when you feel dragged through the mud, but this is an art, not a science," says Scott Thompson, president of the realty group Mortgage Resolution Services. If you seek relief for an investment property...
This was a week for warnings. U.S. government scientists announced that the Arctic ice cap is melting even more rapidly than they had feared; by 2050, 40% of the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean could be gone, a loss that wasn't supposed to happen for 100 years. One scientist called the news "astounding." Since greenhouse gases linger for decades, even drastic reductions in emissions won't be enough to prevent further decline...
Patriquin's loss was deeply felt on both sides. Sattar himself seemed to be taking it very hard when I was with him. A notorious showboat and media hound, Sattar waved away TIME's photographer at one point, saying he was too depressed to pose for pictures. The sheik vowed to fight on nonetheless. Indeed, he swore revenge. For a time Sattar seemed to be making good on his pledge as tribal fighters loyal to him killed off and drove out insurgents from Ramadi, where al-Qaeda in Iraq had established a headquarters of sorts in the rubble...