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Harvard’s money managers have said in the past that maintaining the University’s “AAA” credit rating is one of their top priorities. Though many colleges and universities, including Dartmouth, have seen their credit ratings downgraded due to fallout from the economic recession, outsiders remain confident in Harvard’s ability to repay its debt...
...Though the final seconds belonged to Cornell, the game’s opening seconds were all Crimson...
With 1:41 to play, the Big Red called a timeout and subsequently pulled Mazzotta from the net. Though Harvard’s defense held strong through the closing seconds, even forcing Cornell back into its own zone, the extra-man advantage was too much...
...Ironically, though, southern Italy's crime clans seem like a welcome wagon for the immigrants at the beginning, providing a deceptively accepting community for newcomers. "For the Mafia to keep them as low-priced labor, they create this atmosphere of tolerance," Saviano says. "They actually live better down there than in Milan. They are treated and paid like slaves, but the human relationships are warmer than those you would find in Milan. Africans say the Italian girls look them in the eyes in Calabria, while in the north they wouldn't." (See pictures of migrants being forced out in France...
...Still, Vietnam remains a potentially lucrative growth market that had a stronger than expected showing at the end of 2009, and it remains to be seen if the Jetstar Pacific imbroglio will significantly deter new foreign investors. Even though Communist hardliners have clamped down on some freedoms, the government nonetheless promised in November it would soon allow foreigners to own 49% of local businesses, up from 30%. As Vietnam's Communist Party encourages economic growth without wanting to let go of power, it's only setting itself up for more clashes with foreign partners...