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...Similarly, speculators play their own self-protection game, which can add to bearish momentum. As markets tumble, the crash becomes exacerbated by traders' stop-loss orders, which automatically initiate more selling as the price falls. In other words, as traders who had bought hog contracts at a higher price begin to lose money on their long positions, they are forced to sell them before their losses escalate. (See the top five swine...
...Sprints May 10 in Worcester, Mass, one of its biggest races of the season.“To have the results we did today was pretty encouraging,” Schreck said. “We know there is some speed to pick up, and there is also some momentum to carry us into Sprints, which is a race we put a lot of attention on throughout the year.”“We’re not ranked first going into Eastern Sprints,” Gawlik added. “There?...
...didn’t want to lose our last game out there and we were going to try as hard as we could. Even those last innings with two outs, we wanted to win that last game.”Harvard looked to carry its offensive momentum into the sixth as sophomore Ellen Macadam and Shaw led off with consecutive singles. With Macadam on third and after junior Margaux Black, who pinch ran for Shaw, stole second, the Crimson looked to be in the perfect position to take the lead as Bock came up to bat.Unfortunately for Harvard, Terriers third...
...patch in the middle of the season, so you couldn’t have asked for a better ending,” senior Shannon Flynn said. “We saw what we are capable of doing out on the field [against Cornell], so that really gave us the momentum for today.”And the Crimson wasted no time capitalizing on this newfound confidence, coming out of the gates running with an explosive offensive attack in the first period against its cross-town opponent. Though Brittany Wilton got the Eagles on the scoreboard first with...
...International adoptions in the U.S. gained momentum during the 1990s as families reached out to orphans in poorer corners of the world. China's international adoption program, which opened in 1992, has become particularly popular due to its transparency and efficiency. But the stricter guidelines, intended to limit an overwhelming number of applicants, are proving effective. Adoptions of Chinese children by U.S. citizens have dropped 50% in three years, from 7,906 children in 2005 to 3,909 in 2008, according to the U.S. State Department. Among the new regulations, adoptive parents are required to meet certain educational and financial...