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...Game 2 of the ECAC Tournament quarterfinals against Cornell.Just like it had the day before, the Crimson struggled to find its rhythm in the contest’s early going before breaking out in the second period and dominating the late stages of the game.Harvard (19-9-3) shut out the Big Red (12-14-5), 4-0, at Bright Hockey Center, breaking a scoreless tie early on in the second frame before pouring on three goals in the third period.“I thought it took us a little time to get our feet under us and play...
When it comes to former detainees of the Guantánamo Bay prison, the Obama Administration is discovering that out of sight is certainly not out of mind. Since the President's decision to shut down the controversial holding center for terrorism suspects, not a week has gone by without a number of former inmates making headlines - and, from the U.S. perspective, for all the wrong reasons. The cases are a virtual Rorschach test of where you stand on the to-close-or-not-to-close-Gitmo debate. (See pictures from inside Guantánamo...
...that “Life is Good,” but the harsh business climate has not borne out the optimism of their mantra. Everything’s Jake—an outdoor apparel store that carries “Life is Good” merchandise—will shut its doors permanently this weekend after two and a half years in the Harvard Square Garage. Store owner Glen Tompkins said that the closing was “just another sign of the times.” Everything’s Jake opened for business in August...
...These men would have once spent their days barking out orders for shares on the trading floor (actually a U-shaped conference table in a nondescript downtown office) of the Harare bourse, but Zimbabwe's central bank forced the exchange to shut down last November amid allegations of fraud and rampant speculation - allegations deemed spurious by Zimbabwe's small investment-broker community. To be sure, the exchange was producing annual nominal returns of 23 sextillion percent, but Zimbabwe's inflation rate is even higher, rendering the bourse's real return close to -35%. Still, the government was taking no chances...
...money supply was phenomenal," blaming stockbrokers for generating inflation. He went on to describe a covert mission last November in which he used secret agents to buy stocks that he then demanded be converted into cash. When the stockbrokers couldn't produce the sextillion Zimbabwean dollars, he shut down the whole thing...