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...Within days, overflow crowds were lining up in the snow to hear Edwards and pulling down his posters to be autographed after he had finished speaking. "They were handing up anything that could be signed-napkins, envelopes. Here's the back of my deposit slip, sign that," his wife Elizabeth wrote in her memoir. Bill Clinton's old strategist James Carville marveled at the time that it was the best stump speech he had ever heard. On Salon, Peter Dizikes predicted, "Before too long, the Edwards speech could be like a museum exhibit that political tourists flock to see before...
...night, a score on a 6-on-5 that resulted from a delayed penalty on the Catamounts.Harvard, however, only held the advantage for a little over two minutes. After both tying the game and taking the lead for his team, Coskren was somewhat responsible for letting it slip away, as it was his cross-checking penalty at 12:47 that forced his team to play down a man.Vermont responded just 32 seconds into its man advantage, when Colin Vock collected a rebound at the right post and sent it past Richter to knot the score...
...despite exporters' grumblings, October's export earnings were actually up 35% in dollar terms from last October, a still respectable 18% in rupee terms. In the past week, the rupee has actually begun to slip a bit, partly because of worries about the high oil prices. But when economists look back at 2007, they will probably see it as a turning point in the currency's fortunes. For decades, the rupee has steadily depreciated. Now it seems to have turned a corner. One inkling of the significance of the change can be seen in the entrance fees to monuments such...
...Beilein wants gun-slingers, not defensive stalwarts. The Wolverines are having obvious problems adjusting.Amaker has turned this Harvard program around. He has given it confidence and notoriety that the team has not possessed in many years. He deserves the praises coming his way.But Beilein should not receive a pink slip in turn.Amaker has succeeded because of his circumstances, just as Beilein has failed because of his. Beilein has to change his team’s identity, whereas Amaker has total freedom to institute his own. Under former coach Frank Sullivan, the Crimson had no real identity. As a result, Harvard...
...Panthers out-rebounded the Crimson, 53-39, and shot 41.8 percent from the field, compared to just 29.5 percent shooting by Harvard. “This team has the ability to do well against big teams,” Delaney-Smith said. “We clearly let Pitt slip away from us and we’re not going to have many opportunities like that. We have to raise...