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...last thing people want in a recession? More kids, apparently. According to data-tracking firm the Nielsen Co., dollar sales of products in the "family planning" category, which include condoms and over-the-counter female contraceptives, were up 10.2% for the first two months of this year. Unit sales were up 1.5%, which indicates that consumers are willing to pay higher prices today to prevent crib expenses tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...they played well,” senior co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “Every shot that we took on [Clemente], he was real good with the rebounds. He never really gave us a second opportunity and he saved everything that came at him. Their whole unit really did a good job this weekend, which is hard to penetrate.”The rest of the first period would pass with Harvard seeming to get more and more frustrated at its inability to even out the score, losing some of its earlier momentum.“I don?...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls Out of ECAC With Loss to Bears | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...never really gave us a second opportunity,” co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “He saved everything that came at him, and their defense was real good with clearing away any rebounds that did get away. That whole unit was really good this weekend; they were really hard to penetrate...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Brown’s Upset Victory Makes Crimson History | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...Albless Hospital, and he recalls hearing the first shots at about 10:15. The building Qasab and Khan had chosen was an unlikely source of hostages - a public hospital for poor women and children, funded by a wealthy Mumbai family. The second floor was the neonatal intensive-care unit, and one of the eight people killed at the hospital was a relative visiting the maternity ward. Sonawane said he and the other doctors locked the doors of the unit and tried to keep everyone quiet as the grenades went off, causing the entire building to vibrate. "We put the babies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Mumbai Terrorist | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

While Qasab never mentions that he was part of such a unit, his preparation suggests that he had been chosen to learn fedayeen tactics, which are increasingly common outside Kashmir. For his final round of advanced training, Qasab moved to another camp near Muzaffarabad, also in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, where he says he met a man named Zaki-ur-Rehman "Chacha" (Uncle), who selected him as one of a team of 16 destined for a confidential operation. Qasab may have been referring to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a top LeT commander who was arrested by Pakistani security forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Mumbai Terrorist | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

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