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Harvard’s adjustments took their toll all over the field. The Spartan backs were on their heels all half. They started to feel the pressure and committed one sloppy turnover after another. Too many of the mistakes went for naught, however, as Harvard could not finish with a high enough frequency...
...Consider how the 146-year-old bank - Switzerland's second-largest, with operations globally - has seen its key divisions gouged by hostile market conditions. In the third quarter Winterthur, Credit Suisse's insurance arm, punched a €955 million hole in the books, as sagging equity prices took their toll on the unit's investment portfolio. And Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the investment banking side, recorded a net loss of €423 million. But in spite of the dire numbers, Mack insists that the company is on track to return to profitability in 2003. Some analysts concur. "They...
...finishers go to a run-off on Dec. 7, meaning that it's possible that the Senate could remain locked 49 to 49 to 1 until then. Just in case such a scenario plays out, both parties (having learned a lesson from the last election) have established toll-free hot lines to report voting irregularities. The Democrats have also assembled an army of attorneys to stand by in districts with close races and questionable voter-participation histories, and the Republicans are mobilizing their own army of poll watchers...
...despite the grim death toll in Bali and the government's inability to contain violence, the reality remains that militant views are held by a tiny minority of Indonesians. The tolerant, middle-of-the-road religion espoused by groups such as Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama, which between them have a membership of some 70 million, is the true face of Islam. That may be another reason so many turn for reassurance to the charismatic Aa Gym, proudly positioned at the forefront of the moderate majority. He is a thoroughly modern Muslim. He advocates a 21st century religion that complements...
...this. The immediate reaction, on Saturday, was very positive, people saying "At last we've shown we can do something, and can stand up to this horrible threat." My suspicion is that when people on Sunday turned on their radios and heard that the hostage death toll was actually 117, and that almost all had died from gas poisoning and that the government was still refusing to say what type of gas it had used, people may have been shaken. The Russian media is gently raising the question of whether it had to be done this way, and whether...