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...center of the drama is Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler, 67, the grande dame of one of Germany's richest industrial clans. Last year she spearheaded her car-component company's dramatic 12 billion euro ($16 billion) takeover of a larger rival that left most of Germany breathless - but not quite with admiration. Such buyouts had more often been associated with predatory foreigners (e.g., Americans) than with fellow Germans. The audacious bid smacked of hubris to many Germans and angered labor unions, who warned that the Schaeffler Group was biting off more than it could chew. Indeed, it soon came under immense...
...teammates, sophomores Kate Mills and Christine Kaufmann, break the Harvard school record in their heats. With success on her mind, Clarke went on to beat their times while placing second in the final with a time of 4:48.25—less than two seconds behind Princeton rival Alicia Aemisegger.With her first school record broken, and her first provisional bid to the 2009 NCAA Swimming Championship secured, Clarke went into Friday ready to attack yet again. In her second race, the 1000-yard freestyle, she not only destroyed the Crimson record by six seconds, but she also...
...rest of the group as they go to Ivies next weekend.” The other half of the Crimson’s ranks will represent its teammates and its school this coming weekend as it heads down to Princeton, N.J., to try and claim revenge on its rival Tigers for Harvard’s only loss of the season. As the Crimson men get ready to leave this Tuesday for their most epic contest of the year, oach Tim Murphy believes his swimmers and divers are fully prepared for the challenges that await them. “There?...
...contest with a final score of 13-12. Saturday’s matchup was the Crimson’s first home game of the season. Last season, Harvard tallied a 20-11 win over the Minutewomen in Amherst, but this season, the Crimson had some troubles with its intrastate rival. “We definitely didn’t play to our potential,” sophomore Jess Halpern said. “Our problem was that we only played in streaks of intensity. We played down to our opponent, and even when we had them tied...
...Still, for many in Europe, Asia and Latin America, the Chinese offer welcome relief. And it's not as if there are any rival suitors right...