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...Crimson men will be hard-pressed to stay close with the Tigers on their home turf, but Harvard did have a strong showing at Indoor Heps this year, placing fourth—just nine-points back of second-place Penn. Last year's eighth-place finish at Outdoor Heps was an aberration...
...that Pentagon sources had said the retraction, which followed within hours of CNN broadcasting news of Monday's directive, reportedly came after State Department and National Security Council officials "went ballistic" on hearing of the memo. In other words, it was the outcome of a traditional hawks vs. doves turf war over foreign policy...
...sells best to techie guys in the U.S. That doesn't surprise Calkins. "Most normal Americans are still afraid of machines," he says. "But the Japanese are far more comfortable letting robots into their homes." For her part, Fionne seems pretty relaxed about the hyperkinetic puppy scuttling about her turf - even when Gibson begins flashing his angry red eyes. While Calkins whips a remote control out of his trench coat and frantically fingers the buttons, trying to appease his irate robot, Fionne yawns, stretches out and settles down...
Transporting the chickens by plane would work, but the freight bill would push the price of a three-piece dinner into the realm of surf and turf. After two hours of e-mail, phone and fax consultations, Youstin has a solution: vacuum-pack the chicken, for a small additional cost, and keep it fresh enough to survive the extra four days of shipping. From the corporate headquarters, Youstin can quickly access the company's experts and key decision makers to craft a timely fix. Explains her boss, international COO Anthony Pavese: "We are ground zero. We have centralized the information...
...people who drifted west in the '60s and '70s and helped shape the character of the city for the past four decades. For many of us, buying a house was the last thing on our mind. But despite the recent economic downturn, those who haven't already secured their turf are in danger of being priced out--of both the rental and sales markets. "I have several friends who are seriously considering moving to other places because the economic pressures are just too great," says Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin, adding that Mary Ann Singleton, his protagonist...