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...growing chorus of market watchers says no. The concern is that the stock market is overwrought and that down is the only sensible direction to head. Sure, individual companies have been quick to bounce lower based on bad news. Both insurance outfits and financial firms lost ground on Tuesday thanks to two big events - the passage of a health-reform bill by a key Senate committee and a Goldman Sachs downgrade by an influential banks analyst. (Read "How to Know When the Economy Is Turning...
...Crimson began the first half with a quick goal against the Gaels, but after an early timeout, Iona senior Joe Przekota responded with the first of his five goals. The teams continued to alternate offensively, and the Gaels benefited from a fortunate bounce when a shot ricocheted off Harvard sophomore goalie Alexandre Popp to score late in the first quarter. Iona made it two straight with a fast-break goal just before the buzzer...
Sure, Purell increases bacterial resistance and is flammable enough to turn every germaphobe into a WMD, but FlyBy can’t deny we love the stuff. A quick pump is all you need to feel spry and healthy and H1N1-free. And props for making something funny out of the newfound ubiquity of hand sanitizer around campus...
...syrup and a generous dose of acid. But Glee is more than a send-up. Like its Fox sibling American Idol, it's equal parts laughing at and thrilling with; if it didn't also genuinely, earnestly love its music and its characters, it would become sour and unwatchable quick. Seeing a football team do a choreographed play to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" may be funny, but it wouldn't be fun unless the routine was truly awesome. It's Glee's ability to inspire both kinds of glee at once - satiric laughs...
...becoming the longest military action in American history--or perhaps begin to dial back our commitment there. It's been more than eight years since the war began, and for much of that time, it was a conflict that took place at the margins of our awareness. First the quick fall of the Taliban regime made Afghanistan seem like a problem largely solved. Then the extended agony of the Iraq war drew all eyes in that direction. But the problem wasn't solved, the Taliban insurgency sprang back to life, and now Afghanistan is a military and political conundrum...