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...Still, the Treasury Secretary noted that there was more work to be done in restoring the health of our nation's banks. In particular, Geithner repeatedly stated the need for bank regulation reform. "We did a lot of damage to our nation's financial system, and it is going to take a while to get through it," he said...
...Europe's rage is tinged with a touch of shame, as the Google Books saga highlights just how far behind European nations lag in their own digitization efforts. When Google started the project five years ago, several countries - France in particular - raised the alarm and proposed grand plans to scan Europe's literary bounty. Still, "only some 1% of the books in Europe's national libraries have been digitized so far," Viviane Reding, E.U. Commissioner for Information Society and Media, noted in a joint statement, warning that "if we are too slow to go digital, Europe's culture could suffer...
...games,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar said. “We’ve got four great games and we’re playing all of them to win.”In order to do so, the Crimson must revamp its offense, which struggled last weekend.In particular, players cited a lack of variety in the Harvard attack, but Farrar insisted that issue is in the past.“It’s a natural part of the process [that] early in the season you’re putting things in along...
...it’ll really get our season going.” The threat is clear. The Terriers recently delivered a 3-0 upset to No. 12 Connecticut last Saturday. And, like Harvard, BU has posted a shooting percentage more than six times better than its opponents. Of particular threat is junior Aaron O’Neal, who has tallied a team-leading four of the Terriers’ seven goals. Even more nerve-racking than BU’s recent accomplishments may be the complete destruction that ensued at the two teams’ last meeting. After less than...
...particular, Tehran appears to have targeted the opposition's ongoing strategy of charging the government with abusing the opposition demonstrators who were detained in the violence that followed Iran's contested presidential election in June. Security forces raided offices belonging to Karroubi - who has led the effort to collect evidence of abuse by security forces - and confiscated documents related to the charges. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...