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Stanishev said he was proud with the progress his country has made over the last decade and that he vowed to continue this trend in the future...
When crisis strikes, it has often been Congress’s knee-jerk reaction to accept whatever the executive branch has to offer. The Patriot Act and the Iraq War are a couple of recent examples, and the trend continues today. The current financial crisis is an issue that strikes at the hearts—and pocketbooks—of every American, and is sending Congress into panic mode again. It seems that few predicted a worsening crisis after the subprime bubble months ago, listening to President George W. Bush’s serene conviction that everything was going smoothly...
...play every year, but it’s about the hardest course we play each year,” Rhoads said. “301 is awfully good for Yale, especially in the context of what happened Saturday.” In the victory, the Crimson continued its trend of making history. Yesterday marked the first time that Harvard had ever won at Yale. In the tournament, the Crimson comfortably beat Ivy rivals Yale, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, and Penn. “It showed not only that our physical games surpassed the rest of the field, but also that...
...year of historic market turmoil, many of the nation’s wealthiest universities beat the trend of negative returns—with Harvard leading the pack. Though Harvard’s 8.6 percent return on its investments through June 30 was down significantly from previous years, it led a slew of universities with large endowments that managed to stay ahead of downward spiraling market prices. Yale announced late last week that its endowment rose 4.5 percent during the 2008 fiscal year—ending the year with $22.9 billion—and Stanford announced a 6.2 percent growth...
...past year, SEAS also finalized three joint appointments with FAS and one with the Harvard School of Public Health, an interdisciplinary trend that Spaepen said “there is definitely a need...