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...beat them before, and we were on this streak, we underestimated how strong they were going to come out of play. ”The Crimson found itself in a 14-8 deficit early in the first set. After calling a timeout, Harvard received an offensive spark with kills from junior Erik Kuld and Jones keeping the opening set close at 18-16. But a combination of careless service errors and attack errors made it tough for the Crimson to win over a scrappy Pioneers team that played well on both sides of the ball. With Rutgers-Newark barely hanging...
...first goal of the rookie’s career. Princeton’s defense again put a hold on the Crimson’s offense, not allowing another goal for 15 minutes straight, but only managed to squeeze two goals past junior goaltender Katherine Martino. Another spark in Harvard’s offense put two more tallies on the board, making the score 17-4. Pais tallied her first collegiate goal, and tri-captain Shannon Flynn added a score of her own, both unassisted. With only 10 seconds remaining in the game, Gleason scored her second goal of the match...
...million company, which has more than 1,500 locations in the U.S., needs a spark. The recession has forced diners to flee restaurants like Denny's, the Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang's and head to either cheaper fast-food joints or the comfort of home. "For Denny's, the core consumers are blue-collar families," says Anton Brenner, restaurant analyst at Roth Capital Partners. "They've been squeezed very hard." In the fourth quarter of 2008, same-store sales dropped 6.1%. Sales fell 3.7% for the year, and the company's stock price, at $2.14 a share, has dropped...
...that comes or leaves with it," he says. In other words, if Salvador and his father-in-law leave, it isn't just the bank that would see its revenues go down. So would the Safeway down the street from their house and the Ace store where they buy spark plugs for their car and hardware for their home. These may be slight hits, but businesses are working on rail-thin margins, and even small reductions in revenues could result in the loss of hours or an entire job for someone else - an American worker. It's a reminder that...
...Although traditional-medicine practices had been waning in some Indian communities in Latin America, ayahuasca tourism has helped spark a revival, as guiding foreigners through the ceremonies can provide a decent income for shamans. The business has become so popular that at the airports in Iquitos and the Colombian Amazon city of Leticia, locals trying to drum up clients for freelance medicine men stand outside the terminals shouting "Ayahuasca! Ayahuasca...