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...London 2012 Games will provide economic gold at a time of economic need," Tessa Jowell, Britain's Olympics Minister, wrote in the latest annual report on progress toward 2012. That will mean 100,000 contract jobs to stage the Games - of those currently working on the Olympic site, one-tenth were previously unemployed - with half as many long-term positions created in the park and surrounding area. "The Games remind us," Rogge said on a recent visit to London, "that the transient difficulties of life can be overcome through hard work and determination." And a lot of the green stuff...
Difficult conditions led to a tough weekend for the Harvard skiing team, as the nordic and alpine squads continued their trend of tenth-place finishes at the University of Vermont Carnival in Stowe, Vermont. Despite the new race trail at Spruce Peak, the Stowe course maintained its reputation as one of the most challenging races of the collegiate season. The snow proved to be very dry and grippy, leading to deep ruts at the base of each gate on the course for the alpine events. Also, a white-out of intense snow and booming thunder welcomed the Crimson contingent when...
...Clarence “Big Man” Clemens, whose sax can only be heard at the end of the track “This Life.” This appearance disappoints and fails to even come within striking distance of previous work like that on “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out.” On Springsteen’s softer songs, he continues to tap into the aesthetic of the common American, glorifying the love of everyday people in sympathetic and warmingly familiar terms. This shines through as he sings about a man in love with a supermarket...
...Davis as Keith Richards, Franken bounces around onstage and exhibits a near-perfect display of the rock star's compellingly ugly sensuality. (The "Start Me Up"-era Jazzercize outfits were a nice touch.) It's the rock-'n'-roll impersonation of a lifetime; if he retains even a tenth of this energy level in the Senate, the economy will be fixed in no time...
...were aired on TV. In 1974, the Guild negotiated a more lucrative contract for its members that paid for "every rerun in prime time, rather than previous practice of paying for only two reruns, and residuals in perpetuity for TV reruns in syndication replacing 'the old buyout at the tenth...