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...very good.” Harvard added an insurance goal with just 43 seconds remaining on the clock. Union coach Nate Learman had pulled Milan with just under a minute left to give the Dutchmen an extra skater on the ice. But the move ultimately failed, as senior forward Nick Coskren dove past a Dutchmen defender to give the puck a final push into the net. Coskren’s empty-netter made the final score 3-1 in favor of the Crimson, giving the team its first win since Nov. 15. “We did the simple things...
...first corporate honcho to choose Vail instead of a corporate showdown. Years ago, N.J. Nicholas Jr., then the co-CEO of Time Warner (TIME's parent company), was vacationing in Vail when he was summoned by the board. Nick was about to become the ex-co-CEO, having lost a power struggle to Gerald Levin, the man who would later sell the company to AOL. (That worked well, didn't it?) Nicholas declined. He knew the game was over. He got on the lift instead. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...deal comes in the nick of time since rumblings about Chrysler's imminent collapse have been circulating among analysts and suppliers for weeks. In addition, there were doubts that Chrysler would be able to put together a credible viability plan by the end of March as required under the terms of the federal bridge loan. Without the next installment of the bridge loan, which will be distributed next month, there is a very good chance Chrysler could run out of cash...
...predictable enough. It's the touches that James, who wrote the script with King of Queens veteran Nick Bakay, brings to the character that make the movie O.K. James knows how to use his girth to comic effect. If horror is about geometry, comedy is about physics: the pretzeling and punishment a body can take. James' pratfalls don't give the impression of hurting because he has such a capacious cushion to fall on. His grace in motion isn't exceptional, but he could medal in Segway. There's a perfect meeting of actor and character in one little scene...
...inform the student body about Crimson Cable without actually managing the program. “We’re not actually running the program, or tied to it, or partnering with it,” said outgoing UC President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09. “Nick is accepting liability.” “We need to publicize [Crimson Cable] without having any sort of institutional tie to something that is legally dubious,” said outgoing vice president Randall S. Sarafa ’09 during yesterday’s UC meeting...