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...time,” Rosekrans said. “It was exciting for me because I haven’t played No. 1 yet so far this season, so I felt like I had nothing to lose. And when you are given that opportunity, you have to rise to the challenge.” Playing the No. 1 spot is no easy feat, yet Rosekrans transitioned with ease, overpowering her opponent in straight sets. “We are really proud of the way she competed out there.” Green said. The Crimson has been flying under...
...might call it an "eyesore" or "big block of fugly," any Matherite will tell you that the exterior is redeemed by an enviable interior. Every resident is guaranteed a "cozy" single within a suite, eliminating the numbing isolation and social depravity of those lonely Quad singles. In the low-rise, sophomores and juniors get two-story suites with 4-6 singles and a party-friendly common room. In the tower, which is one of the tallest buildings in Cambridge, seniors look down on other Houses (literally and figuratively) from the commanding heights of their 18th-floor singles. Yes, the architecture...
Perhaps it was inevitable that, with the ascendance of a powerful new Democratic majority in Congress, the putrid carcass of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” would rise again. This policy, originally established by the Federal Communications Commission in 1949, mandated that the federal government enforce a balance of political viewpoints expressed via the medium of radio broadcast. For nearly four decades, this flagrant violation of the First Amendment was the law of the land; it was finally repealed during the Reagan years. Since then, the left has made intermittent attempts to revive the doctrine, but?...
...that it may take to two to three years to work off the existing inventory in residential property across the country. Analysts estimate that there are now about 200 million sq m of constructed but unsold apartments and houses in China, and Ren worries that figure will continue to rise without "tangible, positive incentives" for new buyers. (See pictures of China's demographic patterns...
...words of economist John Maynard Keynes. Spirits such as trust, belief and confidence. When surging, these spirits can turn a slump into a boom and a boom into a bubble, but once they shatter, it's a devilish job trying to resurrect them. That's because other animal spirits rise up to take their place: doubt, fear, even panic...