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Instant classic. The Feb. 1 loss had started Harvard on a 2-8-1 slump to end the regular season, so it was only fitting that the Crimson icemen completed their resurgence against the Big Red—in an epic game, no less, and one that is still on the books as the longest in Harvard history (96:11). Tyler Kolarik played the hero, squeezing the game-winner past All-American goaltender Matt Underhill at 16:11 of the second overtime, giving Harvard its first ECAC title and NCAA tournament berth in nearly a decade...
...spending below 3% of GDP in order to stave off inflation. But what's a sacrosanct international agreement when the national interest comes calling? France and Germany suffer from close-to-zero growth and close-to-double-digit unemployment rates. So why not spend their way out of the slump, never mind yesterday's vows? With about a 4% deficit, Germany, in 2004, will be above the limit for the third year in a row. The defendant duo's message to the European Commission was blunt: Sorry, some of us are more equal than others, and don't slap...
Judging from the grim faces of the cashiers, clerks and butchers picketing California supermarkets, you would think we were in a deep economic slump. Golden State grocery workers are on strike for the first time in 25 years, over a plan by Kroger, Safeway and other chains to shift a bigger chunk of the cost of health care to their unionized labor force of some 70,000. Under competitive siege from nonunion superstores like Wal-Mart, whose health packages for hourly workers are stingier, the grocery chains complain that they are paying 50% more on health coverage than they were...
...arrest could damage international confidence in the Russian economy, which had been rebounding nicely from its slump in the late 1990s. The prospect of Yukos being forcibly renationalized sent the Moscow stock market, which has performed strongly this year, down 10% in one of its biggest one-day declines since the debt crisis...
...also one of the few modest hits on a network in a ratings slump. After some deep thought--and a Diane Sawyer--hosted Ritter tribute that won the nightly ratings--ABC decided to carry on, with Ritter's character dying and James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette guest-starring as the grandparents. "Ultimately," says ABC entertainment chairman Lloyd Braun, "we felt there were still great stories to tell." Sure: M*A*S*H told moving, even funny stories about death. But 8 Simple Rules was no M*A*S*H. It was an innocuous family show based...