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...water polo team will be playing six games in California, more than either international trip. “Water polo on the East Coast is a whole tier level down from the water polo in California,” says water polo team member Devan M. Kennifer ’12. “It’s probably not worth their while to come over here to play teams...
...Named after Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a small-town boy made great, the report found that India's provincial consumers were increasing in importance, thanks to growing aspirations and incomes. "Earlier, it was just Bombay and Delhi, but since 2004 we've been seeing the rise of Tier 2 India," says Ashok Rajgopal, a partner in Ernst & Young's business-advisory services. See TIME's photo-essay "The Tempestuous Nehru Dynasty of India...
...parlay national success into global presence. Rajgopal sees Habib's drive to expand in Europe, the Persian Gulf and Africa as "a little bombastic." India's success as an IT and outsourcing powerhouse doesn't necessarily mean its hairdressers can go global too. "He might do well in Tier 2 India," Rajgopal says, "but it's very difficult to succeed internationally. It's not as though India was a leader in fashion and hair." But Habib remains undaunted. "Someday," he counters, "I'm going to set up a salon on the moon." For some entrepreneurs, going global isn't enough...
Last year, nearly 100 women competed in FIS-sanctioned ski-jump competitions. There are at least 30 top-tier jumpers from 11 different nations - numbers equivalent to Olympic women's bobsled stats - and by the time the 2014 Olympics roll around, several more world championships will have taken place. But a Vancouver shutout has severely hindered the sport's ability to grow. Following the IOC's announcement, a recession-weary U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association dropped the U.S. women's ski-jump team, saying it could not afford to fund a non-Olympic event in this economy. Athletes have found...
According to Dean, this pattern is due to applicants’ financial concerns and students’ reactions to the increasing selectivity of top-tier universities...