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Though it has taken some time, the agreement with Boston heralds a new era in Harvard-Boston relations marked by Grogan's appointment last January and a renewed desire on both sides to settle old scores, according to Boston and University officials...
With most of the Crimson players on the attack, a Friar midfielder intercepted a pass and charged in the other direction. After beating Harvard's last defender with some fancy ball handling, he was taken down hard in from behind in the box by a charging Crimson defender. Surprisingly, no card was given, but the damage was done as Providence was awarded a penalty kick. Captain Mike Eisenhut promptly beat Meagher low to the right to knot the game...
...sticker price. And that education is not just a debt that will begin accruing interest as soon as I graduate, it is also an investment. As Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby can tell you, my education's yield will far exceed the initial cost. If you have not taken Social Analysis 10, "The Principles of Economics," that means that I will probably earn back the amount of money I spent (or that my parents spent) on my education in my lifetime. In fact, I will probably earn quite a bit more than that. Enough, perhaps, to send my own child...
...folks at McDonald's could not have expected an especially warm reception in France, but the manure in the parking lots still must have taken them by surprise. For the past three weeks it's been hard to visit a McDonald's anywhere in France without running the risk of encountering mountains of fresh manure--as well as not-so-fresh fruit and vegetables--dumped in front of the restaurants by protesting farmers...
...suppose some of the sting is taken out of it if your own kid is the one who has suddenly become unspeakably wealthy. Even then, there must be something disorienting about having to answer, when an old friend asks how little Ethan is getting along in his first job, "Well, he doesn't tell us much--you know how boys that age are--but the last issue of Forbes said he's worth $2 billion...