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...last night, Harvard did not play the somnabulist, scoring three goals in the first 11 minutes of action and putting relentless pressure on Bruin goalie Chris Harvey. If the Crimson's offense provided a flying puck fest, the defense added some aggressive zest...
...stocks surged so high this year that they were bound to crash, part of the blame belongs to America's relentless band of corporate raiders. As takeover titans battled to outbid one another, the share prices of many target companies -- or companies merely rumored to be targets -- reached unrealistic levels. Now, in the aftermath of Black Monday, the big deals are crumbling, and the raiders are retreating. But for how long? Is this the nadir of the raider, or will sagging stock prices make the targets more irresistible than ever...
Hello Again often succeeds at being funny, but maybe too deliberately so. The relentless barrage of one-liners tends to inspire nervous laughter. The "death" jokes, for example, prove to be of the worst taste: "I wouldn't have been caught dead in that dress," "I thought I'd never live to see the day," "Conquering death, that was a killer...
...Crimson has its own goaltending phenom in junior Denise Katsias, who warded off relentless Brown pressure with several brilliant saves. Aided by some fine defensive plays from Tri-Captain Jane Grim and sophomore Erin O'Brien, Katsias kept the Bruins scoreless until well into the second half...
Americans have an "insatiable appetite for a longer life," complains Daniel Callahan, 57. They should be "creatively and honorably accepting aging and death, not struggling to overcome them." Medicine, Callahan chides, ought to "give up its relentless drive to extend the life of the aged," who in any event are often "being saved from death for chronic illness, with Alzheimer's as a tragic example." It is time to honor a "natural life-span" that normally winds down in the late 70s to mid-80s, he says. "How many years do we need to have a reasonably decent life...