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...their capital out of any country where they sense the slightest risk. Sinai explains that because of Russia's thousands of nuclear weapons, many considered its economy too important to be allowed to fail. Yet it did collapse, and investors drew a bitter lesson: in theory any country could "stiff the creditors" just as Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterly Business Report: Goldilocks Gone | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

Nadia Thompson was a perfectly spiteful and cruel-looking Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis. Her cold gaze and severe gestures were fitting for the role. Although slightly stiff-looking at times, her jumps were strong and high and the sequence of bourresacross the stage at the beginning of the second act were executed very well. Her shriveling glance that sent Hilarion to his death, and condemned Albrecht to nearly the same fate, could not overcome the purity and gentleness of Giselle's love--the love that, in the end, overcame her own midnight curse...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in Boston Ballet's `Giselle' | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...stiff competition, and has the large negative of being of a solidly Democratic state and won't be one of the party's major concerns...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hub Uses Harvard, Glitz to Entice 2000 Dem. Convention | 10/1/1998 | See Source »

...competition is stiff. Each person is going toe to toe with others who also have their schools behind them. No one can ever expect to win one of these scholarships," he said...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: University Announces Rhodes, Marshall Endorsements | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...tournament features many of the best women's tennis teams in the nation including Duke, Texas, Kansas and the host team. The stiff competition combined with a completely revamped Harvard roster made it a tough weekend for the Crimson squad...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Leaves Virginia With Multiple Losses | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

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