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...third set. After winning three straight games to tie 5-5, Jania eventually forced a tiebreaker, but Santos won it 8-4, dropping Jania’s record to 3-2 in this spring. Freshman Louise Laciny clinched the victory for the Crimson after a nail-biting first set, triumphing over Basak Gone, 7-5, 6-3. Classmate Caroline Davis notched her first career win in duals play by defeating opponent Danyelle Shapiro, 6-3, 6-1. “I think we showed our depth today,” Green said. “I’m proud...
...essence of plenary indulgences is tricky to nail down. They're granted if you meet specific criteria: go to confession, receive communion, pray for the Pope, visit a particular shrine. How do you know you actually got an indulgence? Faith...
...gainers, Kaplan and Rauh found, were on Wall Street. At least 2,500 people at major investment banks made more than $2.5 million a year, they estimated, acknowledging that the actual figure was probably substantially higher. They couldn't nail down numbers for private-equity firms, hedge funds and other money-management outfits but concluded that their ranks and compensation had grown dramatically. The country's big law firms, many of them legal remoras attached to Wall Street, accounted for thousands more high earners. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
Coming off of that nail-biting match, the Crimson has been focusing on its mental sharpness. In the team’s final week of training, it is preparing to play outside of its comfort zone in order to pull off the exciting points and wins that will be critical to its success this weekend...
...Coming off just its second loss in its last 11 games—a non-conference overtime nail-biter to No. 5 UNH Tuesday night—Harvard seems to be peaking at just the right time. Behind the strong offensive play of last year’s Patty Kazmaier Award winner, tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, and stingy netminding of junior Christina Kessler, the Crimson has won eight straight ECAC contests to rise back near the top of the standings...