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...ability to clear people out underneath the hoop and her 16.5 points per game. Losing her was particularly tough, however, for two very specific reasons: Feaster had already scored a career-high 27 points, and Penn had cut Harvard's 18-point second half lead to a scant 10-point advantage...
Your article, for which I was interviewed, misrepresents several key points regarding the discussion of the need for more B-2 bombers. You say that Northrop Grumman's firm fixed-price offer for 20 additional B-2s is ``dubious,'' that these aircraft will be ``stripped-down'' versions with ``scant strategic value.'' Northrop Grumman's firm fixed price offers new B- 2s for an average price of $570 million each. Those who question the validity of this price fail to understand the meaning of the term firm fixed price. It means just what it says. It's true there are additional...
...thinking big on Waterworld? Action films, after all, are typically safer investments than many smaller, well-intentioned films-Being Human, A Simple Twist of Fate, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Scout-that cost $20 million or much more and earn less than $5 million in the U.S., while having scant life overseas. Contrast these with a big-budget disappointment like Last Action Hero, which still attracted enough thrill-kill fans worldwide to come within shouting distance of breaking even. Waterworld may need to gross $450 million to be solidly profitable (after advertising costs and the exhibitors' share are deducted...
Bryan Henry (1:51.88) turned in the inspirational performance of the day in the 800 meter. Henry trailed with a 100 meters to go, pulled even by 50 meters left and passed a Princeton runner to take the lead with a scant 25 meters to go in the race...
With the game knotted at 56 and a scant 2.2 seconds left on the clock, Fischer put back his own miss for the winning hoop and the Crimson's sixth win in the last eight years at Columbia...