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Remember the '80s? Japan was ascendant, America was in disarray, emerging markets were wallowing in the Decade of Debt. Asia's Century was said to have begun. Then came the collapse of Japan's bubble, followed by the currency crunch along the entire Pacific Rim. While Asia, stunned, watched from a distance, the Internet-driven New Economy mushroomed in the West. For a while, it seemed as if the long-predicted Pacific Century might be stillborn--or stolen altogether...
...within one point with 54 seconds left. On the ensuing Harvard possession, Long got fouled but hit only one of two free throws. Columbia brought the ball upcourt quickly, but Craig Austin's off-balance jumper with no time left bounced off the rim...
...when Clemente's turn-around three-point shot with 1.9 seconds left glanced off the rim, a crazy back-and-forth game ended with Penn escaping with a 62-61 victory...
Monti was clearly still hurting from her ankle injury from the day before. She took only three shots in 21 minutes of playing time, and she missed in ways she usually doesn't miss, twice having her shots clank off the front of the rim. Monti managed to score five points and add two assists, but she was not the impact player that she usually...
...attack when it needed to. Down 70-68 with 0:26.8 remaining, a jump ball gave Yale possession. But the stingy Crimson defense, playing on adrenaline and nerves, forced Yale sophomore forward Meg Simpson to take a rushed baseline jumper at the shot clock buzzer, only to have it rim out. Ides grabbed the rebound and was quickly fouled...