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Things first went awry when the Crimson failed to win a header on a high pass into the box from a Cornell player. The Big Red gained control, fired one shot at the net, and, after Harvard goalkeeper Austin Harms blocked it, scored on the rebound...
...game was wrapping up in the 77th minute, the Crimson scored the tying goal. The play started when senior Adam Rousmaniere broke free up the right side and served a ball into the box. Junior Alex Chi made good on the opportunity and knocked the ball into the net...
...saving, this will not be an easy transformation. Here again, China undoubtedly holds the key. Its legendary excesses of precautionary savings are traceable to two major developments: massive layoffs associated with over 15 years of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms and the lack of an institutionalized social safety net. With SOE reforms likely to be ongoing - albeit probably at a slower pace in the years ahead - China needs more aggressive initiatives in the areas of social security, pensions, medical care and unemployment insurance...
Lately, Costa Rica has further ratcheted up its green ambitions, pledging to become one of the only developing nations to make itself "carbon neutral" - a zero net-emitter of carbon - by 2021. (Maldives is the only other developing country to set that goal.) Costa Ricans, or Ticos as they call themselves, believe it's attainable largely because 95% of their country's energy production already comes from renewable, non-polluting sources. As a result, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is jockeying for a global leadership role on climate change. Arias was one of five keynote speakers to address...
...believe Costa Rica can "plant its way out of the carbon-emissions problem," as environmentalists frequently complain. Rather than attack emissions more aggressively at its industrial and automotive sources, eco-advocates fear Arias simply wants to plant more trees in order to create what they call a deceptive net-zero emissions balance...