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...advantage. It was a great way to start the season.” “It was good to get the few wins under our belts before we have more of a harder schedule,” captain Verdi DiSesa said. The Crimson does face a tougher lineup coming up in the next few weeks, having to play Cornell, who it barely beat last season as well as long-time rival Trinity, who has won nine consecutive national championships. HARVARD 8, WILLIAMS 1 The Crimson’s match against Williams yesterday would offer far more of a challenge...
...have lamented the decades of bad management that have put the auto industry in its current predicament: investing in SUVs when the rest of the world, eyeing the future oil crunch, was betting on smaller, more fuel-efficient cars; spending millions lobbying Congress to avoid regulation that would force tougher environmental standards; and giving its union unsustainably generous deals on salary and benefits that hobbled its ability to compete with Japanese and European carmakers. And the answers to these criticisms from the Big Three CEOs at two hearings, one before each chamber, went so badly this week that lawmakers cited...
...heavy states, remain doubtful about the benefits of mandatory carbon caps, especially with the U.S. drowning economically. One key signal will be the outcome of the battle for leadership of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. The contenders: Representative John Dingell of Michigan, who has defended Detroit from tougher fuel-efficiency standards and stood in the way of action on climate change, and the challenger, Henry Waxman of California, who scores high marks from environmentalists. (See pictures of Barack Obama's victory celebration in Chicago...
...capable of getting Oregon Trail on all the computers in the library, and letting us play in the snow during recess if we brought snowpants from home. It was a landslide victory. The next year I entered the big leagues—middle school—and therefore much tougher competition, but my political star continued to ascend. I captured the presidency of the sixth grade class and then the seventh grade class and finally I took the highest post in the National Junior Honor Society. I was on top of the world. I had already achieved so many firsts...
...meaning to higher education. In this handy timeline, FM takes a look back at how other recent historical milestones affected our social life. Title IX (1972) Female athletes start to balance out the female nerds. This creates negative side effects for Wellesley girls, as they get displaced by the tougher competition. HIV Awareness (1980S) As one alum from the 70s recently explained, “Let’s just say things were a lot looser before AIDS.” I’ll leave it at that. Drinking Age Changed to 21 (1984) This was undeniably devastating...