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...Steelmaker and World Shaker Why are Europeans so upset over Mittal Steel's bid to merge with Arcelor [Feb. 13]? Where I come from, Western companies have gobbled up local firms - and entire industries, for that matter - and that's supposed to be just fine. It's disturbing to see that when someone from the developing world tries to set foot in the West, the move is always met with convoluted and unfounded criticism. The West has got to recognize that globalization, formerly a one-way street, now carries heavy traffic from the East. I guess that is what laissez...
...used the entire 44 minutes and 59 seconds that it could before pulling off the win on Raimondi’s goal. But just five minutes earlier—at the end of regulation—she had also given Harvard the chance to pull off the last-minute upset. With just one minute left in the third period, the Golden Knights held on to a tenuous one-goal advantage. At that juncture, Stone decided to pull Crimson senior goaltender Ali Boe for the extra skater—giving Harvard the 6-5 advantage down the stretch. With 27 seconds...
...much for home-court advantage—and so much for that national championship.Just days after upsetting top-ranked Yale in New Haven, the Harvard women’s squash team fell to the Bulldogs, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Howe Cup tournament held at the Murr Center.“I think we were still getting over the climax of having beaten them,” Bajwa said, “while Yale was coming in saying, ‘we should win, we’re the higher ranked team...
...Upset Victory After the militant organization Hamas won a clear majority of the seats in the Palestinian parliament [Feb. 6], its critics immediately denounced the election results. The Israeli Cabinet said it will not negotiate with a Palestinian administration that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. If Israel wants peace, it and the world at large should accept the election results. Hamas won on not only its political agenda but also its social and welfare programs. It is counterproductive and unrealistic for the U.S. not to continue financial assistance to the Palestinians. Hamas members like Omar Hamayel...
...virtually all seeds—except for Brown’s stranglehold on last place—were up for grabs.The Big Red, who would have secured first place with two wins, knocked itself out of the league lead with a shocking 2-0 loss at Rensselaer on Friday.The upset allowed Dartmouth and Colgate, teams that both picked up four points on the weekend, to move from a tie for second place to a shared ECAC regular season championship, giving the Big Green its first Cleary Cup in 26 years.Cornell salvaged third place with a 2-1 victory over Union...