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...pointed out, the housing market is cooling, consumer spending is down because of high energy prices, and jobs aren't being created nearly as quickly now as they had been over the past couple of years. Higher interest rates tend to dampen all three of those barometers of economic strength. So if they are already dampened, the thinking goes, the Fed won't raise rates. But, in the same speech, Bernanke came out swinging against inflation, saying that the Fed would be "vigilant" and that the core inflation rates of 3.2 percent over the past three months and 2.8 percent...
...should not think of this time as a return to familiar and comfortable things. To do so would belie what we have learned during recent months. We need to continue what we have been doing for the past three years: working to reshape the curriculum, giving the College the strength and flexibility it needs to educate its current and future students...
...shutouts to add to her school-record total. Still looking for a berth in the national playoffs, the Crimson ventured north to Canton, N.Y., home of top-seeded St. Lawrence. Harvard continued its recent dominance of the Saints, upending them in a stunning 3-1 semifinal upset on the strength of two goals from junior Liza Solley and a 40-save effort from Boe.Then, in the final against Brown, the Crimson rebounded from an early 3-0 deficit to prevail by a 4-3 score, with all of the goals coming in an action-packed first period, to secure...
...weakness for us was how young we were,” co-captain driver Arin Keyser said. Luckily, one of the returning players was senior goaltender Lydia Gardner, a four-year starter. “When other teams look at our team, they see our goaltending as a real strength,” Keyser said. Senior 2M-O Molly Mehaffey, who is also a Crimson editor, was fully healthy for the first time in several years, and her presence in front of the opposing net was a boost for the Crimson. Captains Keyser and Kennifer also played exceptionally well throughout...
...Iranians feel they're in a position of strength...