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...chance that China's GDP growth will pick up as the year goes on, it is because consumer consumption within the country has not fallen apart. But, one of the issues that the government mentioned as a hurdle to growth was labor unrest and unemployment. Growing joblessness is almost certain to undercut the ability of the middle class to pull China out of its slowdown...
...feed from senior Kaitlin Martin, Doherty put the first of the Crimson’s four into the net. Unfazed, Dartmouth scored two more in under a minute, leaving Harvard with little hope.Nine minutes later, after a stretch of scoreless play, the Crimson was more than frustrated. Picking up the tempo, sophomore Jess Halpern gave the ball to Martin, who sent a shot into the goal with three minutes left in the game. Harvard’s streak continued less than a minute later when Petropulos picked up the draw and sent it to Halpern, who watched as her free...
...cars in the driveway; people will exchange phone numbers, the right ones or made-up ones; the snow will start to thaw and spring will start to come, and then this summer and then next year. And Ellen will have to look at her sullen, Ivy-bound son, and pick up his sister and little brother from wherever they are, and the four of them will have to look into the fridge and wonder what to have for dinner, as I drive home across the dark, snowy line that separates one week from the next...
...would have won that game.”In the early going, it was all Harvard. Although freshman pitcher Marika Zumbro got herself into an early jam—issuing a leadoff walk that was followed by a single—co-captain and catcher Hayley Bock picked off BC’s lead runner to get the game’s first out, allowing Zumbro to settle down. The rookie starter responded by striking out the next two hitters.The Crimson gave Zumbro some breathing room in the top of the second, putting three runs on the board. Freshman Whitney...
Plouffe, a visiting fellow at the IOP this semester, began by addressing the campaign’s surprising loss in New Hampshire and went on to discuss topics ranging from John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin to the current state of the Republican party...