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...main reason why we lost, but it did affect us. We have to become a more adaptable team.” The Crimson made the contest a bit more interesting early in the third quarter, when Harvard scored back-to-back goals just over a minute apart to shrink the lead to 8-3. Sophomore midfielder Matt Motschwiller scored the second of the two, but Ohio State fired off four straight goals to push the lead back to 12-3 and squelch any ideas of a Crimson comeback. “We battled back in the third quarter...
...distinction: instead of “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me,’” listeners of the new album get “The Carpal Tunnel of Love.” Even before you break open the shrink wrap, it feels like Fall Out Boy just isn’t trying. It’s unfortunate, since the record displays the same high-gloss, meat-and-potatoes instrumentalism of FOB’s other work. Guitarists Ryan Ross and Chad Gilbert still treat the palm mute like a magic...
...There are a lot of fiction writers who shrink from that kind of overt engagement with international politics. They feel like they're not entitled to comment...
...Angela Merkel, in her second year already something of a Davos star, spoke of the end of a "Eurocentric" view of the world, but most leaders I talked to thought that European public opinion was still woefully ignorant of the ways in which the old Continent's influence may shrink in the coming years. That said, I wanted someone to challenge the conventional wisdom, and argue that low birthrates are compatible with long-term prosperity and happiness...
...still a significant risk.” The dollar fell only moderately last year—2 percent on average, according to media reports. Feldstein, who is also president of the National Bureau of Economic Research, said in yesterday’s interview that devaluing the dollar would help shrink the U.S. trade deficit and stabilize global markets by encouraging foreigners to buy more U.S. goods. Americans, on the other hand, will buy more domestic products, as imports will become more expensive. Feldstein called the U.S. trade deficit “enormous,” but said he believes that...