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Before heading to Stanford law school, David (Chip) Reese, widely considered the best all-around poker player in the world, visited Las Vegas, turned his $400 into $66,000, and discovered his true calling. Famously even-tempered, the Dartmouth graduate went on to earn millions in private high-stakes games and won the World Series of Poker three times. Reese, who valued his family more than tournament play, once left a table where he was losing by $700,000 to attend his son's Little League game. His secret: denial. "If you think about the money and what it means...
Numbers-wise the outcome would have been the same, but fencing is hardly a direct game of numbers. It’s just like in baseball: even if a team loses 4-2 and one run would seem to make no difference overall, a player being called out at home at some point could have changed the game’s entire complexion and made all the difference in the world...
Prophets of profits That's a message much of the rest of the world has already absorbed. Though the U.S. is easily the biggest player in green venture capital, Europe may be ahead on clean tech itself, thanks largely to the kind of generous government subsidies that have yet to be enacted in Washington. The enormous capital expenditure required to compete in the energy market makes government support all the more important. Many of the world's top solar and wind companies - like Germany's Q-Cells and Spain's Iberdrola - are based in the E.U., and with the region...
...lack of a dominant offensive presence was painfully obvious during the Crimson’s 2-2 tie with Vermont on Saturday night. With the game on the line, there was no single player that Harvard could count on to be a difference-maker...
...Dominic Moore ’03 thrilled crowds with late, flashy game-winning goals. Instead, a Crimson team that relies on balanced contributions—defensemen scored eight of Harvard’s first 16 goals this season—suddenly finds itself without a player who it can look to when it needs that crucial tally...