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...Ghosn, who was born in Brazil to Lebanese parents (and speaks six languages), enjoys rock star popularity in Japan for turning the flailing company around nearly a decade ago. But not even a champion CEO is safe from the current crisis, which he calls "unchartered territory" that could stretch anywhere from six months to three years. (See the history of the electric...
...Kenyi and Lin ran circles around the perimeter during the first half, while Wright dominated the paint in the second. With McNally running the show, Wright making his first three shots from the field, and freshman forward Peter Boehm shooting key three-pointers down the stretch, the Crimson played like a team to keep an eye on in the Ivy League race...
...last 13 visits to Penn’s Franklin Field, dating back to 1982. “I’ve been here for 15 years, so I guess I prefer to see the glass as half full,” Murphy said, pointing out that that stretch exceeds his tenure as head coach. “We’ve won two out of our last three years down here. That’s all I care about.” The Crimson’s last win in Philadelphia came in the 2004 season, when quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick...
...fatigue was palpable on both sides. It didn’t help that a few minutes of steady rain in the second overtime period were enough to make the turf and ball slick and unpredictable.Still, the Crimson wasn’t making excuses for its performance down the stretch.“We should be able to handle the physical side of going to overtime over and over again,” junior defender Lizzy Nichols said. “I think it’s a sign of mental toughness to go through the hard-fought battle...
...during the third World Series game between the city's two teams: the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. Measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, it severed electrical and gas lines, caused part of the Bay Bridge to fall off and collapsed a 1-mile stretch of an elevated Oakland freeway, trapping cars between layers of asphalt and concrete. Thirty-seven thousand people were injured and 1,000 people were left homeless, but only 63 deaths were directly attributed to the earthquake...