Word: thursday
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...424.The first game performance was an improvement over what was already a solid outing last Tuesday evening against UNH.“[Tuesday’s game] was mentally and physically challenging.” Weiss said. “I think the way they practiced Wednesday and Thursday was great preparation for the Ivy League. We executed all the things we practiced.”Jumping out to an 11-3 run to open the second frame, the Crimson continued the solid effort. Ingersoll and Durwood dominated the net, combining for four blocks and enabling Harvard to once again...
...Friday that the new scheme would apply to students matriculating in the fall of 2009—that is, next year’s first-year class—the specifics of a possible transition are as of yet undetermined. A town hall meeting held by the dean last Thursday in order to gather student opinion on the time table for the new system revealed a diversity of opinion...
...Even after receiving this impassioned plea, Ifill did not ask any direct questions about schools during Thursday's vice-presidential debate. However, when she asked about budget priorities, Joe Biden vowed the Democratic ticket would not scale back its $18 billion education-spending plan, despite the $700 billion federal economic bailout Congress was working feverishly to pass. "We won't slow up on education because that's the engine that's going to give us the economic growth and competitiveness we need," Biden said. Sarah Palin, for her part, called for state standards to be raised as well as funding...
...FDIC, from $100,000 to $250,000. But several influential conservative Republicans who oppposed the first bill, like John Shaddeg of Arizona and Zach Wamp of Tennessee, have signaled that they will reluctantly support the new Senate version. Still, the vote promises to be a nail-biter, and by Thursday evening, the White House and Congressional leaders were still not convinced that they had secured the additional 12 votes to guarantee passage. With the outcome still uncertain, the business community has launched a full-court press of every member of Congress, reminding fence sitters like the Blue Dogs of provisions...
...That seems unlikely. On Thursday, French Defense Minister Herve Morin announced that at least eight European countries had agreed to contribute to an international naval antipiracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, in addition to the U.S. and Russian naval presence already there. Faced with such overwhelming force, Ali said his men would fight to the last. "If someone attacks you in your home, you need to defend yourself," he said. "Whatever weapons they have, you must fight. A person in his home cannot be afraid. Whoever attacks, we will defend ourselves...