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...Dartmouth’s] been a rival for years,” senior tri-captain Jenny Brine said. “Talk about an Ivy League game, and our last chance before Christmas to prove that we’re the team that can win big games...
...Brown also said that Britain had agreed to provide the Pakistani government more information about the Mumbai attacks. Now it's up to the new civilian government to prove...
...basketball team (5-4) and the University of Vermont (5-3). At the end of the day, it was the Crimson that withstood the forty-minute slugfest and survived, defeating the Catamounts, 69-67. “I think we came into this game with a lot to prove to ourselves,” senior Katie Rollins said. “We had to prove what we are made of, how tough we are. I think that Vermont was a good test for us. They are a great team, but we were able to bounce back from Tuesday?...
...latest trade data show that sustaining China's economic boom over the next year will prove arduous if not impossible. Last month China's exports, a major driver of the world's fourth-largest economy, fell by 2.2% compared with November, 2006. The result marked the country's first decline in exports in seven years and was a sharp reversal of the double-digit growth rates manufacturers have typically posted in recent years. The drop was "a shock figure," says Ben Simpfendorfer, the Hong Kong-based chief China economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland. "I had expected exports...
...many smaller Chinese makers might prove even more vulnerable to the downturn. These firms lack the technology, quality and brand recognition to easily compete with foreign players in a downturn. In a crowded market - with more than 40 Chinese brands - the slowdown may weed out the sector's weaker players. "There are too many manufacturers" in China, says John Bonnell, director of forecasting for Asia at J.D. Power in Bangkok. "We can expect a shakeout...