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...matter of fact, they probably did much worse. They were given the specific tasks of ferreting out problems in the companies which they were picked to operate and fix them. Each one expressed optimism about accomplishing their goals only to face the need for government intervention to prevent collapse. Not one of the three simply acknowledged that his company was too badly broken to be fixed by its own devices...
...seven runs with two outs and winning the game, 11-5.“We did well staying on them—they would score, we would score, never giving up, never letting down,” said rookie first baseman Whitney Shaw. “We should have prevented that runaway inning and should have just stopped the bleeding before it got bad, but we did make a good effort at the end to try to come back.”BROWN 11, HARVARD 5In a slugfest that featured a combined 20 hits and 14 walks, a pitching breakdown...
...Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) - and that those who went through the training had not suffered any lasting physical or mental health effects. In the 2002 memo, Bybee notes the CIA's assurance that "a medical expert with SERE experience will be present" when Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded, to prevent severe mental or physical harm. However, the IG investigation found that the waterboarding technique used on the CIA's detainees was significantly different from that used in the SERE program: most notably, the Agency's interrogators used much larger volumes of water...
Despite the outbreak across the river, epidemic specialists at Harvard’s University Health Services say they are comfortable that its current health policies will prevent an infection at Harvard...
...this year will be the 10-year anniversary for music industry legal suits against file sharing networks," points out Mark Mulligan, London-based analyst at Forrester Research. "Throughout that time, file sharing has grown, and grown and grown." The shutdown of Napster in 2001 didn't prevent Kazaa becoming even larger; and Kazaa's subsequent demise has hardly hindered the Pirate Bay. By the time courts catch up with unlawful services, user momentum already lies elsewhere. "It's a case of whack a mole," says Mulligan. "Every time they hit one, another pops up. That's not going to change...