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...Bush administration has moved from strong words to pleas in attempts to make the Chinese revalue the Yuan as the U.S. dollar’s value has slid, and the only substantial victory seems to be a free trade deal with Australia to which the agricultural lobby of the U.S. was brought kicking and screaming to the table, such that the deal took nine months longer to bring forth. With that kind of resistance, a free trade deal with a larger country does not look promising...
...last seconds of regulation ticked off the clock on Friday night and the three-pointer from Colgate guard Jon Simon slid through the net, it seemed the Harvard men’s basketball team was stuck in an all-too-familiar nightmare. For the second time in four games, the Crimson defense had squandered a late lead on a desperation three-pointer to send the game into overtime...
...seventh-grade dropout from Rich Square, North Carolina, Jenkins possessed an intelligence that military aptitude tests determined was far below average. He had doubts about his ability to lead men into battle, and he slid into bouts of depression and heavy drinking. His life was about to get worse. Jenkins' unit, he had learned, was scheduled to ship out soon to the live war in Vietnam, a prospect that terrified him. "I did not want to be responsible for the lives of other soldiers under me," he said during his court-martial trial last month. So Jenkins looked...
...weaker than was expected even two months ago. Retailers in Britain are bracing for the worst December in a decade, according to a survey released last week by the Confederation of British Industry; just 12% said they expect sales to be good. In France, shopper sentiment has also slid sharply since September. Some countries' consumers seem to be feeling more gift-happy than others (see chart). But if demand is skimpy, the biggest casualty, along with retailers, could be the toy industry, which does as much as half of its business in the Christmas season. Denmark's Lego says...
Northern Michigan, currently ranked No. 15, began the season ahead of the Crimson within the “also receiving votes” category, then slid into the top 15 when Dartmouth and Miami plummeted. The Wildcats’ record, 6-4-2, isn’t nearly so solid as Harvard’s 5-3-1, though. Only one of their wins has come against a team with a winning record, while this nationally ranked school has twice lost to and twice tied a sub-.500 team...