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...it.So I’m not saying it’s bad being here in the United States, just different. I wonder if I walked outside and asked an average Bostonian whom the U.S. played in the Olympics, whether they could name even one team we played. For the record, we were one minute away from advancing, when the Netherlands tied the team 2-2 in injury time in its second game. Following a 2-1 loss to eventual silver medalist Nigeria, the squad was done. At the opposite extreme rests Argentina. After routing rival Brazil...
...near-record number comes as Harvard lays the groundwork for a long-delayed capital campaign that was derailed by administrative turmoil surrounding the resignation of former University President Lawrence H. Summers and the subsequent interim leadership of Derek...
...announcement of the near-record fundraising coincided with the news that Harvard’s endowment grew 8.6 percent in the most recent fiscal year, a strong investment performance in the face of recent market turmoil...
Gotcha! It turns out that John McCain, while crusading against wasteful spending, specifically objected to three earmarks that Sarah Palin requested as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, including a dubious agricultural-processing facility designed to promote local produce. In fact, Palin has a consistent record of chasing the bacon that McCain has fought for years. She pulled in $27 million in earmarks as mayor, requested $450 million in earmarks as governor and even supported the state's notorious Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it. There isn't enough lipstick in Alaska to cover all that pork. (See photos of Sarah...
...fourth and latest record, distributed by the label Illegal Arts, contained more than 200 unauthorized pieces of other artists’ work. The artist’s mash-ups earned his music the designation “a lawsuit waiting to happen” from The New York Times Magazine in June...