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...size of the U.S. stock market (which is valued at about $22 trillion and falling) and far exceeds the $7.1 trillion mortgage market and $4.4 trillion U.S. treasuries market, notes Harvey Miller, senior partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. "It could be another - I hate to use the expression - nail in the coffin," said Miller, when referring to how this troubled CDS market could impact the country's credit crisis...
...atmosphere—and, for good measure, delivered a win for the home team. On Senior Night at Lavietes Pavilion, co-captains Lindsay Hallion and Jessica Knox each drilled a pair of free throws with under 30 seconds to play to seal a 51-48 nail-biter that catapulted the Crimson (17-9, 10-2 Ivy) over the Big Red (17-8, 9-3) into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings. Leading by one with 34 seconds to play, Hallion was called for a reach-in foul as she attempted to poke the ball away from...
Friday night the Harvard women’s basketball team did not play particularly well, but by nine p.m., the team was ecstatic. Not only did the Crimson (16-9, 9-2 Ivy) come out with a 71-70 win in a nail-biter at Lavietes Pavilion, but Dartmouth also beat league leader Cornell, placing Harvard in pole position to retain its Ivy League crown.Defense and rebounding were the keys for the Crimson in what turned out to be an extremely tough battle against the Lions (9-16, 6-5).“It wasn’t our best...
Making bows and arrows has become a communal task. Although women and girls do not fight, they assist in collecting materials for the weapons. Five bow-and-arrow construction groups of 10 members each are scattered around the town. Weapon-makers first cut the head off a 4-inch nail, which is then chiseled with a heavy hammer into a sharp edge. The nail is then coiled to fit onto a bamboo stick. A groove is cut into the bottom of the stick in order to add paraffin paper wings for the arrow to have better flight. Sometimes, the arrow...
...game road stretch that saw no victories but plenty of misery, the sight of the Big Red (15-5, 7-0) rolling to town promised more of the same for the Harvard faithful. Heartbreak was in order for the struggling Crimson (6-17, 1-6 Ivy), which dropped a nail-biter, 72-71, in the final seconds.Consider this scene at Lavietes on Friday. Sophomore Jeremy Lin, trying to take his man off the dribble realizes the space his defender is allowing and pulls up for a clutch three pointer. Harvard leads, 71-66, with 31 seconds to go. The crowd...