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...night.“Certainly, the foul shooting, I was disappointed in us,” Amaker said. “We shot 18-for-28—we got to the line 28 times. To me, that’s the difference: that stat there, and the rebounding margin.”Although Penn led by as much as eight just six minutes into the second half, the Crimson held the Quakers without a field goal over the next four minutes and eventually drew even at 56.The teams traded buckets for the next several minutes, with neither team leading...
...doubt that he can win the Latino vote," said Mark DiCamillo, head of the poll. "But if he can make it a little more manageable, two to one or less, that would certainly make an impact? He could win California without winning the Latino vote. Narrowing the margin, that is probably what he's after...
...Through the weekend, private consultations will continue with leaders of parties and other interested power players, including industrialists and union chiefs, hoping to convince enough members to join in a majority to rewrite the electoral law (with a vote to follow several months later). "There is still a small margin for success," the would-be Prime Minister announced. "I see it. And for this we must see it through." But that won't happen without at least the tacit acquiescence of Silvio Berlusconi. Perhaps Marini's most important meeting Friday was with neither a Senator nor Member of Parliament...
Handbags have a 30% to 40% margin, while apparel has only 15% to 20%, which is why luxury brands use the runway to leverage their image and then optimize profitability with leather goods. In Gucci's case, leather goods make up more than 50% of profits, the majority of those from handbags. Financially, the strategy is working. "They are performing extremely well, despite the slowdown of the general consumer market," says luxury analyst Yasuhiro Yamaguchi of UBS in London. "Coach, Tiffany and Burberry are all saying they've started to see slowdown, but Gucci is resisting the cyclical downturn...
...story of that endorsement is the Democratic-nomination battle etched in miniature. Kids like Maddie Esposito are the muscle of Obama's army. His campaign has become the first in decades - maybe in history - to be carried so far on the backs of the young. His crushing margin of victory in Iowa came almost entirely from voters under 25 years old, and as the race moved to New Hampshire and Nevada, their votes helped him stay competitive. In South Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 26, Obama's better than 3-to-1 advantage among under-30 voters more than neutralized Clinton...