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When sophomore Tyler Albright sits behind the plate calling the pitch, he knows exactly where he wants the ball to end up. Like any good catcher, Albright’s looking for the ball to nestle in his glove for a strike. But if it doesn’t wind up with him, he’s got a couple of classmates ready and waiting to make the play...
...February 2008, Queensland's top environmental officials walked into the Australian headquarters of Xstrata and made the pitch. For Xstrata Coal CEO Peter Freyberg, investing an initial $3 million in the wombat was a no-brainer. "There's obviously benefit in terms of the way people perceive Xstrata," says Freyberg...
...have so many talented players,” Zailskas says. “And since my freshman year I’ve been battling to get in the lineup. It has helped being able to play multiple positions.”After almost tripling his innings pitched from freshman year to sophomore year and increasing his number of games started in the lineup, Zailskas has grown into his role as a utilityman and has shown himself worthy of a spot on the diamond, whether it is on or off the mound.“Since his freshman year...
...field in March, and I think this tournament has been good, because we have been able to play a variety of teams and styles.”HARVARD 3, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2Harvard provided another extra-inning thriller in defeating host Florida Atlantic yesterday afternoon. Freshman Rachel Brown pitched all nine innings and struck out eight in her effort against the Owls.After Florida Atlantic scored off a triple in the opening inning, the Crimson responded with a run in the second. The game remained tied through seven innings, and each team scored a run in the eighth. In the bottom...
...Greenwich’s risk arbitrageurs. Here is the stuff that would be instantly recognizable to the industrialists who built America: the hustle of men advancing fast and the delight of knowing for sure that the world is getting better, quicker. As the savings-investment cycles reach their fever pitch in South and East Asia, these societies will undoubtedly spend their trillions of reserves on infrastructure, unlocking once and for all the mass of human capital...