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...Radcliffe lightweight crew enjoyed another solid campaign this season, with the varsity eight finishing 4-3 in dual meets and beating out nemesis Princeton to take home the Knecht Cup and win the Windemere Classic. The Black and White was able to surpass the Tigers yet again in the final race of the season, grabbing the bronze medal by finishing third at last week’s Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships (IRAs). While Radcliffe took home hardware at the IRAs for the sixth straight season, they were unable to overcome the speed of a strong Wisconsin crew, which...
...long tail as a theory is most persuasive in explaining how companies selling more products with lower demand can easily compete with (or even surpass) those solely dependent on hits. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos was the first retailer to deploy that new business model online. Amazon's virtual inventory of 3.7 million books dwarfs the typical Barnes & Noble retail store, which carries about 100,000 titles. The vast majority of Amazon's books may sell only a few thousand copies, but the 3.6 million less popular books not carried by its rival account for 25% of Amazon's total book...
...Like it or not, San Francisco's Paul "The Thimble" Gilmore is about to surpass Norman "Derby Hat" Peterson's career Monopoly record of 714 hotels...
...Buffett's old friend and fellow Floridian Carl Hiaasen. "That's important." On the advice of his daughter, 13, Buffett bought the film rights to the mystery about scrappy 8th-graders trying to save endangered owls. Another daughter, 26, supervised the sound track. But don't expect cinema to surpass song as the Buffett family biz. "Too much sitting-around time," says Mr. Margaritaville. And not enough roles for guys in flip-flops...
...restaurant’s food-holding temperature is checked—after it is cooked but before it is served—in order to prevent food-born illnesses, another violation that rises to the “critical” level. The temperature of hot foods must surpass 140 degrees.Felipe’s Taqueria, Grafton Street, and Pinocchio’s Pizza were all cited for inadequate hot- and cold-holding temperatures during their last inspections, but all have been reinspected and have fixed the violation. According to Fallon, one of the most common customer complaints is alleged...