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...noise was of a magnitude rarely seen at a women’s soccer game. It’s been 36 years since Title IX, and the frenzied enthusiasm of the fans demonstrated just how far women’s sports have come. “The crowd meant a lot; it meant a lot for women’s sports in general at Harvard,” Rhodes said. “To have that many people there, it was like a 12th player out there.” For the seniors, the win represented the culmination of four...
...many solutions offered. Nadler said he thought the government should create new banks, which, unencumbered by souring loans, would boost lending. Nadler said he thought private investors would be interested in helping fund the new banks. A number of the panelists thought the government's TALF and PPIP programs meant to boost lending were helpful but not the answer. Parkus said he thought extending the terms of commercial loans set to default would only delay the problem and make it worse. As more and more bad loans pile up, he predicted, it will become progressively harder for any of them...
Volandes points out that even though many people have seen portrayals of dementia in movies and TV shows, those images tend to be airbrushed versions of the truth. The video used in the study - which shows two daughters talking to and then feeding their mother - was meant to provide a reality check. Even so, he says, the full "clinical reality" of the condition - such as bladder and bowel incontinence - was withheld. "We wanted it to be honest but not overly emotive or visceral," he says...
...which he meant that Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, will need his rest. On Saturday, he'll face off with Argentine model Nacho Figueras at the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governor's Island to raise funds for Sentebale, the charity he set up in 2006 to benefit vulnerable children in Lesotho. Sentebale, which supports numerous orphanages and educates people about HIV/AIDS, could use the boost. Income from donations plummeted 84% during the last financial year. (See pictures of Africa's AIDS crisis...
...wanted a good photograph of our [Marie Curie cancer charity] flag. But it was a right mess-up. We were getting colder and colder and thinking it'd be safer to leave, but we had to talk into a camera and take a picture of the flag. We were meant to take pictures of seven sponsored items, including the satellite phone, but nobody had enough feeling to do any of that. (Watch TIME's video "Trekking Lebanon's Mountain Trail...