Word: retainers
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...took place at The Country Club just down the road in Brookline. The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf tournament between teams of twelve Americans and twelve Europeans. It consists of twenty-six matches, each worth one point. The defending champion--in this case, Europe--needs fourteen points to retain the Cup, while the other team needs fourteen and a half points to win the Cup. Unlike other tournaments, the players receive no compensation...
...corner of the University, life would somehow retain a tenuous grip. It would be in the southern part of campus, along the now-stagnant Charles, among the remains of what were once the River Houses. True to their Harvard roots, these creatures would no doubt already be hard at work building a new civilization...
While previous heads of the Divinity School have held the title of Dean, Hehir will instead be called Chair of the Divinity School Executive Committee. Hehir said he and Rudenstine selected the title because Hehir will retain significant pastoral commitments and share administrative responsibilities...
...come cheap. Even though it tends to attract more patrons willing to shell out for those $6 bags of popcorn, each snazzy new location, complete with stadium seating (for unobstructed views) and ear-shattering digital sound, costs in the range of $15 million to $25 million. Moreover, theaters still retain only 50% of ticket revenues, handing the rest over to the studios and relying on concessions for the big bucks. Add to that the fiscal drain of shutting down "older" multiplexes (relics around for a decade), and it's no wonder that the bottom lines of leaders like AMC, Loews...
Incumbent Denise Simmons, who originally had decided to run for City Council, will run to retain her place on the School Committee instead...