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...They used the clock and didn’t attack,” said Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith in explanation of the slowdown. “There was nobody who was looking to step up and be the shooter. I think we played tight. I think we played scared. We played not to lose instead...
...chains, still trying to recover from the travel slowdown that followed Sept. 11, are experimenting with leitmotivs too. A newly opened Marriott venture in Walnut Creek, Calif., is a fitness freak's paradise. Renaissance ClubSport Hotel and Fitness Resort's 6.5-acre campus offers basketball, volleyball, racquetball and squash courts, outdoor boccie courts, three swimming pools and kickboxing classes. All the guest rooms are outfitted with sets of 2-lb. dumbbells, and power shakes are on the menu. And the Wild Horse itself is the product of a collaboration between the Sheraton and the Maricopas and Pimas. The $125 million...
...student organizers said last week’s sale was organized to support Israel’s economy, which has been hurt by a slowdown in tourism and continued conflict in the area—not specifically as a reaction to the divestment issue...
...global economic slowdown may give Danby a reprieve, with Omya content to wait a year or two before submitting a new drilling plan. "Mining is a long-range business," says Reddy. "We like to think 50 years ahead." That, of course, is what many of Omya's foes are afraid of. --With reporting by Julie Rawe/New York
...subject of the wildest predictions; one report issued last year said that by 2006, Bluetooth-enabled devices would generate an astounding $333 billion in revenue. So far, Bluetooth has failed to live up to its hype. Analysts and industry experts have repeatedly rolled back projections, blaming the global economic slowdown, high costs, and glitches in actually making the thing work. Yet industry insiders say there is another, quieter reason that Bluetooth is not yet a household word: the mobile-phone industry is resisting Bluetooth because the technology inadvertently could end up saving consumers a lot of money and cutting into...