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...these lives, to tell people's stories"), just end up making the author sound slightly embarrassed by his task. Not that he should be. There's plenty of interesting stories among the more than 50 presented in the book, but it's just not clear what they amount to. Short and lacking depth (most of the tales average four pages or so), the advice offered is fairly shallow: pay attention to opportunity, be lucky, be obsessive, be humble, be patient (yet take risks). Okay...
...While this means we have to put off these improvements, including the investment in energy efficiency, we will be saving operating expense in the short-term, and we think the trade-off is a good one,” Ouellette said...
...season at the NWCA All-Star Classic on Nov. 25.The Hawkeye junior took his second in a row against Caputo with a 6-3 decision on Monday.The Havard grappler bounced back in time to overtake eighth-seeded Jerome Ward of Iowa State in the wrestleback bracket, but came up short in the third-place bout, falling to fourth-seeded Doug Umbehauer of Rider.Jantzen also struggled for the first time this year, dropping two bouts in Evanston. The top seed earned back-to-back falls in what looked to be another dominant performance, but Jantzen could not sustain his momentum, suffering...
...calmed down after,” Martin said. “I was really proud of our effort in the third period, and I think we barreled right to the net.” The Crimson got several quality chances in the final period, including a short-handed breakaway from tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, but Tigers netminder Kristen Young was impenetrable. “They capitalized on one of our mistakes, and outside of that, I thought we put a tremendous amount of pressure on them,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “Their goaltender played...
...Sarkozy may have a short window for making progress. "Nicolas Sarkozy uses his energy and good faith to change the world - and that has had its chance as an alternative to the universally rejected Bush doctrine," wrote editorialist Yves Thréard in the French daily Le Figaro on Friday. "But Obama taking command will alter that equation, and risks crowding [Sarkozy...