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...talk about increasing the funding for public education or devoting all of the budget surplus to social security, their actions, like the recent decision to revoke the Glass-Steagall Act, demonstrate that their biggest interest is increasing our country's wealth, or more specifically, the wealth of the nation's top 10 percent...
Certainly, a strong economy is in the entire nation's interest, from the poorest member of society to Bill Gates. However, the desire to maintain the current economic boom should not supersede concern for the welfare of the less fortunate members of society. During the ongoing seven-year bull market, our nation's rich have gotten richer at the expense of the poorer half of the population. When yearly income is adjusted for inflation, the bottom half of wage-earners earn less than they did in the '70s. While the country's wealth has risen dramatically, the working class...
However, this year's team was just the third Ivy League squad to ever amass a 7-0 mark in the women's soccer division since its inception in 1991. It owned the nation's third-longest unbeaten string this year at 13 games, and was one of the stingiest defensive teams in the country, allowing a national-low eight goals during the regular season...
Freshman goalkeeper Cheryl Gunther, who had the second lowest goals against average in the nation through the regular season, was unable to stop a laser shot on goal by Guarino with just one minute left in the first half as Boston College earned a 1-0 lead going into halftime...
Aside from the score, the Crimson defense was spectacular as usual. Led by co-captain Jess Larson, senior back Gina Foster and junior back Lauren Corkery, Harvard had allowed just eight goals entering the game, tied for first in the nation...