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FORTUNE's Global 500 is a barren place for Chinese companies. The lowest-ranked firms on the list book $10.3 billion in revenues, and only a handful of mainland companies in banking, telecom, oil and chemicals make the cut. No Chinese manufacturer of consumer goods qualifies. But an upstart called Haier plans to be there soon...
Fresh off a stunning 3-1 upset of Dartmouth and a 5-1 shellacking of Vermont the previous weekend, the upstart Tigers (10-5-2, 3-2-0 ECAC North) came out strong in the first period. They opened the scoring at 3:25 of the first when sophomore forward Lisa Rasmussen found the puck in a crowd in front of the net and sent it past Crimson Kuusisto...
...stereotyped, frequently steal scenes from the stars. Roberts—appearing uncharacteristically un-attractive—may have top-billing, but she is merely an ornament to the plot; the outlaw band provides the real fun. Reiner’s Saul captures the weary, seasoned older guard while young upstart Mormon brothers Virgil and Turk Malloy (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan respectively) bicker constantly throughout and serve as comic foils to the rest of the crew. They are caricatures, but they are also depicted with unabashed glee, a homage to Rat Pack’s brazen, fraternizing spirit...
These discs from the past few years still hold their own against the upstart crop...
Also like Crothers, Kelleher knows what it’s like to have a talented , upstart freshman breathing down his neck. After allowing some iffy goals in a 5-2 loss at Wisconsin on Nov. 2, Kelleher watched Matti Kaltiainen step in and win three straight games...