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...those in the 1,500 landing craft, at least 10 boats foundered, one losing 30 of 32 men. One company saw 96% die within the first 15 minutes. Of the first 32 Sherman tanks that landed, supposedly equipped with devices to help them make it to shore, 27 sank in the churning seas, drowning their crews. "Two kinds of men are staying on this beach," shouted Colonel George Taylor to the men of his regiment on Omaha Beach. "The dead and those who are going to die. Get up! Move in! Goddammit! Move...
...been acting as if something were terribly wrong. Long-term interest rates are notching higher, a clear sign that some perceive the investment climate as riskier. The 10-year Treasury-bond yield hit 4.8% last Friday, up from 3.7% two months ago. Mortgage rates are jumping too. The Dow sank to its lowest level of the year last week, briefly dipping below...
...million business plan to the table, they're not interested," says Alec Saunders, a Windows programmer who recently quit after nine years at the company. Stung by a slowdown in corporate IT spending, Microsoft made a major play for our living rooms and pockets, with mixed results. It sank billions into the video-game business (Xbox and its soon-to-be-announced successor, Xbox 2), the cell-phone business (partnering with longtime ally Intel) and something called smart personal object technology (SPOT), which uses FM-radio bands to deliver sports, weather and stock prices to devices like watches and refrigerator...
...elephants graying the grassy expanse that is the Minneriya-Giritale Sanctuary - about one-third of the country's wild-elephant population. Minneriya must be one of Sri Lanka 's best-kept secrets. In three hours, we'd seen just two other cars prowling around. And as the sun sank, accompanied by the snapping and cracking of branches, elephants - singly at first, then in tens, then in hundreds - came to the Minneriya Tank (one of Sri Lanka's major reservoirs) to drink, bathe and play. There are plenty of tame and tethered elephants in Sri Lanka - just the previous night...
Spearheaded by Peljto’s flawless 17-point half—she sank all seven of her buckets, including two treys while adding a free throw—Harvard put home 48.6 percent of its shots. Inside the arc, the Crimson enjoyed even greater success, knocking down 57.1 percent of its attempts...