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Harvard continued to pour it on early in the second half. The stifling defense made Brown's guards hold on to the ball for long periods of time, and the Bears often got poor shots off with under seven seconds left on the shot clock. The shooting of Clemente and Long then helped open Harvard's largest lead of the night at 21 points...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty and Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: M. Basketball Steals its Way to Two Ivy League Wins | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

...sure which decade I would want to return to, if I had a time machine. I've lately gotten fascinated by the late '40s. But if someone ordered me to return to the '70s, I would pour sugar in the machine's gas tank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the '70s Changed America | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...about to pour a huge amount of money into helping build the city...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bleeve-It! Why Louisville Isn't a Contender | 2/10/2000 | See Source »

Meanwhile, in a tariff-free and quota-free Germany, Chiquita had seized 45% of the market. Envisioning the same potential for all of Europe, as well as the former Soviet satellites that were opening up, Chiquita and its chief competitor, Dole Food, decided in the early 1990s to pour more money into production and flood the European market with bananas. With more bananas than buyers, prices--and hence profits--plummeted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become a Top Banana | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...guess what. The Clinton Administration has just such a scheme brewing. Sources tell TIME that Energy Secretary Bill Richardson is quietly but vigorously pushing a proposal that would pour millions of barrels of oil from America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve onto the market in coming weeks. The proposal, which has circulated among a few top Administration officials and could soon be approved by President Clinton, involves offering a "swap" of crude oil from the 580 million-bbl. SPR to private oil companies. They would bid to take the oil now, then make repayment in kind, plus a premium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pouring Oil On OPEC's Game Plan | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

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