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...Sweden's case, he adds, the crisis eventually had silver lining. "It acted as an alarm about Swedish economic policy, which was expanding too much. There was too much focus on defending the currency. The tax system encouraged indebtedness and real estate speculation through cheap loans. The crisis exposed shortcomings, and we had to change tack...
...players feel the team should not be counted out.“[These schools] are our big rivals, and we’re going to have to beat them,” Connolly said. “It’s a marathon to get to Easterns, and the silver lining is that we’re not out of shape.”BROWN 14, HARVARD 6The Bears (2-5) jumped out in front early, posting a 4-0 advantage in the first quarter. Two 6-on-5 goals and a converted penalty shot put the Crimson...
...three teams are just a sample of some great Crimson sports storylines to follow this year. Harvard’s also got plenty to offer in the way of stellar individual athletes. Senior fencer Emily Cross returns to Harvard after leading Team USA’s foil squad to silver in Beijing this summer and All-Americans J.P. O’Connor–a junior wrestler and the toughest 149-pounder you’ll probably ever come across–and Becky Christiansen–the Crimson’s record-smashing high jump queen–make...
...team competition, and that she did, leading the U.S. team with 31 touches in three rounds and helping it to upset last year’s world champion, Poland, in the first round. At the end of the day, Cross found herself and her two teammates with silver medals around their necks.“There are really no words to describe it,” Cross said. “It wasn’t something I really thought was possible. At the time, I didn’t think it was going to happen. It was the best...
...Bostonian whom the U.S. played in the Olympics, whether they could name even one team we played. For the record, we were one minute away from advancing, when the Netherlands tied the team 2-2 in injury time in its second game. Following a 2-1 loss to eventual silver medalist Nigeria, the squad was done. At the opposite extreme rests Argentina. After routing rival Brazil 3-0 in the semifinal, the team won gold by outlasting the Nigerians. If Egypt went crazy, Argentina went dragon crazy. Dragon crazy! That’s so crazy.I don’t need...