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...cold. Manufacturing was contracting. Stocks were sluggish. On Jan. 3 Alan Greenspan picked up the phone and called in an emergency 50-basis-point rate cut to try and nip the gathering contraction in the bud. Economists, analysts and business journalists were agreed that we were in for a sharp slowdown, maybe even a recession. But it would be the briefest of downturns; maybe a quarter or two, tops, with recovery setting in by August...
...changes are already under way, and you may have noticed some of them in that long, long wait to clear security on your last flight. For passengers: a ban on carrying any sharp instruments; government-issued identification needed to board; only ticketed travelers past security; and restricted parking near terminals. For the airlines: tightened cockpit access; a requirement that each aircraft be searched at least once a day; and increased screening procedures and technology at security checkpoints. As of Jan. 18, airlines will be required to inspect every bag on domestic flights for explosives, as they now do for foreign...
...Smith may not be as big as Ali but, sitting in his trailer, wearing a white singlet and olive trousers tied loosely at his waist, the usually slim and lanky actor looks imposing. His shoulders are huge and his biceps flex whenever he moves his arms. "I'm sharp," he says, boxing the air in front of him. Smith began training for the role in February 2000 when he first met Darrell Foster, a former middleweight boxer and longtime trainer of former champion Sugar Ray Leonard. "He was out of shape," says Foster. Foster put Smith through a professional training...
...rest of the Harvard backcourt got into the act as well. Senior Drew Gellert scored a season-high 12 points, again mostly by driving through the lane. Harvard sharp-shooter Patrick Harvey, who entered last night, relied more on his signature running jumper through the lane than the three-point shot...
Peljto and Cserny, who both posted career-high scoring totals in combining for 55 points on Tuesday, scored just 26 together against the Huskies. Cserny struggled with foul trouble and played just seven minutes in the first half. Peljto was not her usual sharp self and was held scoreless for the first 13 minutes of the game before heating...