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...debt can lead you into ridiculous purchases: "My gym visits are now followed by eighty-dollar tennis lessons; my Dr. Bingblatz sessions are now followed by one-hundred dollar facial sessions, administered by a masked woman with a steam wand and a tweezer, who removes my blackheads one by one...I'm impressed that this service even exists. How do these leisure economy capitalists do it? How do they calculate the exact moment at which people are suddenly prepared to pay a hundred dollars for an hourlong blackhead-squeezing session...
...free throws to drive its assault.But as the clock ticked down, a mind-numbing series of turnovers and failed possessions turned the tide and gave the Lions a chance to chomp away at Harvard’s lead. While Columbia amped up its offensive assault, the Crimson lost steam, stumbling through a 5:52 offensive drought and managing only four attempts in the final five minutes.“We didn’t execute down the stretch,” Housman said. “We were a little too hesitant against their zone.”The Crimson...
...could also lose political steam at home if Obama doesn't provide him with a convenient U.S. foil for his fiery nationalistic rhetoric, as President George W. Bush so often did. Chávez recently remarked that Obama seemed to have the "same stench" as Bush, but over the weekend said he'd be willing to meet with the new U.S. leader before the Summit of the Americas in April in Trinidad. Obama has already invited Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the White House next month, a sign that he'd prefer to deal with a more...
Team-building, which some participants regard as re-education's perkier cousin, takes workers out of a familiar environment to coax them to think differently, view one another differently or just let off steam. PIU's version operates on the intriguing premise that intra-office communication improves when employees barrel down a 20-ft. (about 6 m) slide or whack one another with inflatable jousting bats...
...fought for every point up until the last point at 8-0. I saw my lead but still realized anything can happen.”Hill ended his regular-season with an overall record of 8-2.Not to be outdone, sophomore and fifth seed J. Reed Endresen lost no steam replacing Hill on court number two. The second-year player showed no fatigue after tough weekend matches, dominating the opening game en route to a 9-1 win, but faltered by dropping his next two. Faced with an uphill battle, Endresen claimed the fourth game, setting up a pivotal final frame...