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...this point, the narrative resembles the one surrounding Harvard’s first round of the ECAC playoffs, where it faced Princeton...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frozen Four Berth at Stake Against Rival | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

Harvard used that speed to go on a six-game winning streak starting at the end of January, and showed it off again in its opening round victory against the Tigers in the ECAC playoffs...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frozen Four Berth at Stake Against Rival | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

Greece's unions, which had waged only halfhearted protests against the first round of austerity measures, immediately declared war. Over the past week, scattered protests involving tax officials, pensioners, garbage collectors and others have disrupted life in the city. Thursday's strike was the second called by Greece's main unions - representing about half the country's 5 million workers - in less than a week. Flights were halted when air-traffic controllers walked off the job, schools and government offices were shuttered, and public transport was disrupted. (See why Greece's debt crisis threatens the euro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greek Austerity Measures Spark Rising Protests | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...intensity of the violence doesn't yet rival the worst of the riots that racked Greece in December 2008, when the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy sparked weeks of street protests and vandalism. But since the government announced the second round of austerity measures, the pace and scale of the protests have escalated. Polls also indicate that popular support for the government's handling of the crisis is slipping - a recent survey by the Sunday edition of To Vima, an Athens newspaper, for instance, showed that most Greeks think it will take a long time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greek Austerity Measures Spark Rising Protests | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

While European Union officials have praised Greece's most recent round of austerity measures, many Greeks have been critical - and not just the protesters. Konstantinos Michalos, president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, which represents more than 100,000 businesses, says the across-the-board salary cuts for civil servants would disproportionately hurt the poorest and lead to a decline in consumer spending. "The austerity package was necessary, but it's in the wrong direction," he says. "When the actual measures take effect, I think we will have even more demonstrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greek Austerity Measures Spark Rising Protests | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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