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...crowd of 5,049—the largest figure for any athletic event in the school’s history—the Bobcats won their inaugural game in the ECAC, downing Harvard 5-2 Friday night. “I’d love to able to sweep it under the rug and say, ‘Hey, it was a big, emotional game for them,’ but they deserved to win,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91. The Bobcats’ conference opener was staged in the Hartford Civic Center...
...when they enjoyed acts, but if a performer failed to please, the sold-out auditorium resounded with boos, at which point the “Sandman,” a post filled this year by Jay R. Lundy ‘09, ran on stage with a broom to sweep away the offending act. “Sure, everyone’s nervous, even if they know their act is good,” said Cecilia C. Ekperi ’09, who had several friends in the show. But she questioned the severity of the audience, saying...
DIED. RONG YIREN, 89, the original "red capitalist" who helped open China's economy to the world; in Beijing. Rong, who opted to stay on the mainland after the 1949 communist takeover while other industrialists fled abroad, was forced to sweep streets and haul coal during the Cultural Revolution before he was rehabilitated by Deng Xiaoping to help promote international commerce during the economic reforms of the 1980s. His China International Trust & Investment Corporation became a key player in attracting foreign capital, and although the billionaire was never a member of the Communist Party, he served as China's Vice...
...helped open China's economy to the world; in Beijing. Rong, who opted to stay on the mainland after the 1949 Communist takeover while other industrialists fled abroad, surrendered his business interests to the state in 1956 and took up a series of prominent government posts. Forced to sweep streets and haul coal during the Cultural Revolution, he was later rehabilitated by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to help promote international commerce. In 1979 he founded the China International Trust & Investment Corporation (CITIC), a key player in attracting foreign capital to the mainland and investing Chinese funds overseas. Although never...
...contrast, four weeks after the Oct.12, 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202, police had already made several key arrests and the first detentions in a sweep that eventually netted all but a few of the plotters. Why the big difference? For one thing, the original Bali attacks?as well as the subsequent bombings of Jakarta's Australian embassy and JW Marriott hotel?involved vehicles, whose metal frames absorbed telltale traces of the explosives used. The most recent bombs were set off by individuals carrying backpacks filled with explosives, which left only tiny amounts of residue for police to analyze, says...