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...half-volley rocket off the first bounce and into the back of the net. The team erupted, as much as a result from going ahead as from the sheer quality of the goal.Although the game did not end as Wylie would have liked, it was a performance that spoke volumes about the outgoing senior.“I’ve been so proud of the way she has developed as a player and a teammate,” Nichols said. “To win big games, Ivy championships, you have an emotion, and she brought it every...
...million as part of the settlement.Despite the controversy, Shleifer was allowed to keep his endowed Harvard professorship, in part due to his close relationship with Summers, according to a January 2006 article in Institutional Investor magazine.A month after the article was published, Abernathy and 15 other FAS professors spoke out against Summers, and on Feb. 9, German and comparative literature professor Judith L. Ryan submitted a motion for a vote of no confidence in the University president—the second called for in two years.Summers resigned less than a week later after five years on the job, making...
...talked about getting together. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina's other Senator and the person Cindy McCain calls her husband's "best friend," followed up on that call in a conversation with Rahm Emanuel, Obama's choice for White House chief of staff. Then Obama spoke directly with Graham, and out of that came the decision to hold the meeting sooner rather than later. (See pictures of Obama's campaign...
...supporters of the triad of challengers - Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë, 35-hour work-week architect Martine Aubry, and youthful left-winger Benoît Hamon - waged vocal battle with Royal's backers during her address, which was characteristically thin on concrete policies. Lusty waves of booing as Royal spoke were followed by standing ovations from her supporters; jeers unleashed by her calls for a coalition with centrists were quickly challenged by Royal supporters chanting...
...South Carolina, for endorsing Rudy Giuliani and Romney, respectively. He also has words for the Texas-based Rev. John Hagee, who endorsed the more moderate John McCain in the primaries, as someone who was drawn to the eventual Republican nominee because of the lure of power. Huckabee says he spoke to Hagee by phone before the McCain endorsement while preparing for a spot on Saturday Night Live. "I asked if he had prayed about this and believed this was what the Lord wanted him to do," Huckabee writes of the conversation. "I didn't get a straight answer." Months later...