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Even with reading period in full swing and final exams looming, many of the players on the team feel no lack of motivation for such an important game...
...little bit of a slump right now. The puck didn’t bounce our way sometimes, but at the end of the game, I think Quinnipiac just capitalized on their opportunities.” With the score tied at two apiece, a simple swing in momentum turned the tide in the Bobcats’ favor. “The way they played, we really had to be aware defensively throughout the game,” Biega said. “They were fortunate enough to get some lucky bounces and get some odd man rushes...
...from junior co-captain J.P. O’Connor (16-2) and sophomore Corey Jantzen (11-2), Harvard continually suffers by forfeiting the 125 lbs. weight class.“If you have someone there who could win a match or two, it’s a nine-point swing,” Caputo said. “It’s hard, but [having holes in the lineup] is nothing new for Harvard wrestling, and we just have to fight back.”Senior Tommy Picarsic and junior Andrew Knapp added wins for the Crimson, and rookie Walter...
Today, Russia's finances look a lot less robust. The government budget was based on oil at $70 per barrel, way above the current ? level, and it will consequently swing into deficit next year for the first time since 2001. The stock market has dropped more than 70% in the past year, as the nation's business élite dumped stocks to repay the huge loans they took out to finance acquisitions in Russia and abroad. Capital is fleeing - investors have pulled about $190 billion out of Russia since August - and the ruble is under pressure...
...before the election he touted an $18 billion education program and explicitly targeted the new moon program as one he'd cut to pay for it. In January of 2008, he lined up much closer to the Bush moon plan - perhaps because Republicans were already on board and earning swing-state support as a result. Three months before the election, Obama fully endorsed the 2020 target for putting people on the moon. But that was a candidate talking and now he's president-elect, and his choice of Garver as his transition adviser may say more than his past campaign...