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...Yale faithful as “God.”Falling behind by 22 points in the second quarter, Harvard was overwhelmed for much of the contest. Bringing in backup quarterback Frank K. Champi ’70 near the end of the first half provided an offensive spark, but the Crimson was still far behind late in the fourth quarter, setting up the film’s climactic ending. Delving deeper than just a play-by-play, Rafferty alternates between interviews with the players from both sides and original footage of the Game while making note of the tumultuous...
...Assassination Arrest A week after German police arrested her, Rose Kabuye, chief protocol officer to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, was extradited to France under a warrant claiming she was complicit in the downing of a plane that killed Rwanda's then President and two French pilots. The attack helped spark the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which some 800,000 people perished. Kagame denounced the arrest, calling it "total contempt" for his nation...
...really wasn’t thinking about [my points] at all,” Finelli said. “I was just trying to see what I could do to get either a spark for my team or get things rolling for us. Those baskets came naturally. I wasn’t trying to make anything special happen. Our inside game was huge tonight...
...value of the oil they had purchased, they scrambled to cover losses. Not only did oil prices go down, but other assets also declined significantly. The further oil prices went down, the more deleveraging and liquidation had to occur to cover these losses. The financial crisis was the spark; deleveraging, the fuel. A chain reaction occurred as traders who had bought oil saw their money disappear in oil and other losing investments. And with a credit crisis looming, major players interested in maintaining a long position could not raise capital to cover margin requirements...
...have one of the best teams, we need to be competing. It’s an attitude we got to have: if we’re solid, we have to go out there and show it.”Amaker hopes that a change in lineup can spark this change in attitude.He began this process of roster revamping early. It was evident to anyone watching. From the first day of practice, there was one thing lacking for the Crimson: a sophomore. The entire class of 2010—all recruits of former head coach Frank Sullivan—was gone...