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...think the neutral zone was pretty well tied up,” Donato said. Amidst the Union onslaught, the Crimson managed to score on a power-play opportunity when sophomore forward Pier-Olivier Michaud tipped Biega’s shot on goal past Milan and into the net for a 2-0 lead. The Dutchmen quickly responded less than two minutes later with a power-play goal of their own. Union continued to look for the goal throughout the second and third, holding a 43-27 total shot advantage over Harvard during the two periods. Despite its offensive blitz...
...stingy defense led by senior Matt Gilroy, a two-time All-American whose name has already been mentioned as a natural choice for first-team All-America honors again this year. BU’s defense has allowed just 47 goals in 25 games. Finding the back of the net will also require getting the puck past the Terriers’ freshman netminder, Kieran Millan—no easy task against a goalie who boasts a 1.47 goals-against-average and a 15-1-1 record in his first season. Also, thanks to leading scorers Chris Higgens, Jason Lawrence...
...been removed, so traditional banks such as Citigroup and Bank of America shifted more and more of their lending operations to their investment-banking divisions, and leverage took off. By the end of 2007, many banks were lending $30 for every dollar they had in the vault. "Changing the net-capital rule was an unfortunate misjudgment by the SEC," says former SEC official Lee Pickard. "It's one of the leading contributors to the current financial crisis." (See who else is to blame...
American families may have borrowed irresponsibly, and may have elected politicians who borrow even more irresponsibly on their behalf, but the typical American family is not bankrupt. The average couple age 65-74 has accumulated a net worth (not counting entitlement promises as either assets or liabilities) of $691,000, according to the Federal Reserve in 2004. Shortly thereafter, of course, they start to die in large numbers. And what happens to the $691,000? Generally it goes to the children and grandchildren...
...fact is that those same poor and infirm whom the governor claimed to be championing are those suffering the greatest because of the political paralysis brought on by his scandal. Funding at the state's 29 long-suffering safety-net hospitals for the poor, for instance, has been or is about to be cut off, according to Bellock. "Every week, I'm getting calls of doctors in tears not sure if they can treat a child," she says. "The bills aren't being paid, and the people are being turned away...