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...Then disaster struck. Referee Markus Merk, considered one of the best in the world, awarded Ghana a penalty kick, harshly ruling that American defender Oguchi Onyewu had fouled Rozok Pimpong in the penalty box as the U.S. man tried to play a mis-hit clearance. Ghana captain Steven Appiah made the most of it, beating Keller to his right on the ensuing spot kick. "I think we'd all agree it wasn't a good call to have that in the 47th minute, after our team worked so hard to get back in the game," Arena said. "To be positioned...
...tussle over Tamar is just a prelude to planning the other undeveloped sites. Last month the government issued a model for the Central waterfront that got some grudging praise from opponents. "It's moving on, which is good," says Markus Shaw, chairman of WWF Hong Kong. But critics argue that the official scheme still won't bring in enough people to keep the waterfront lively. A group that includes Shaw, Loh and Zimmerman has developed an alternative design for the area, focusing on smaller buildings with a diversity of commercial offerings. They're calling the dueling designs "The Battle...
...blog of the Harvard Dems). The prizes, naturally, came in the form of apples painted blue. Fink gave out about half a dozen of them, one for “Best Republican-Lite,” for instance, and another for best use of profanity. The latter went to Markus R.T. Kolic ’09 for his invocation of the word “assclown” during a heated liveblogging session...
...community college transfer student applying to Harvard, Markus A. Besselle ’07 summed up his thoughts: “Markus + Getting into Harvard = Hell freezing over.” While almost half of all undergraduates in the country are enrolled in community college, they only account for six percent of transfers to Harvard and less than one percent of the student body.“Top students at community college have a lot to offer elite colleges,” said Josh Wyner, vice president for programming at the Cooke Foundation, a foundation that provides scholarships for students...
...pretty face can go a long way in securing a higher paying job, and Associate Professor of Economics Markus M. Mobius may have pinpointed one reason why. A study he published in March found that this “beauty premium” exists in part because the more attractive are more confident...