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...rival matchup aggravated aggressive tendencies. “It wasn’t the best performance, but it was the Harvard-Yale game, so it’s always going to be scrappy and rough,” Akpan said. The win, however closely it was achieved, was a vast improvement over the Crimson’s last contest. Last Tuesday, Harvard suffered a major 5-1 loss to cross-town opponent Boston University, setting the stage for a much-need comeback performance. “We were very focused going into [the Yale game],” Clark said...
...thing is, on the basis of conversations with retailers, the folks at BDO figure that the vast majority of that 37% drop is due not to firms' inability to finance purchases but but to their anticipating that consumer spending simply won't be there to match...
...lyrics, as well as Earley’s moaning of the word “Love,” have an echo of The Who’s “Love, Reign O’er Me” yet boast none of that song’s vast beauty. While “Reign” stands out as one of The Who’s strongest and best songs, “Love U” is discordant and lyrically lackluster, demonstrating that, while a good songwriter, Earley has a lot to learn. “Furr?...
...difficult for Americans in the Lower 48 to fully grasp how much Alaskans benefit from their state's vast oil and gas deposits. Alaska is home to just over 20% of the nation's proven oil deposits and almost 18% of its natural-gas reserves. About 90% of the state's public revenue comes from oil and gas royalty receipts. Alaskans pay no state income or state sales tax. Instead, they receive an annual dividend from the state treasurer that comes directly from the oil industry. Over the past 25 years, the average Alaskan has received roughly $1,200 from...
...Asia's Strait of Malacca and the Gulf of Aden, which links the Red and Arabian seas. Buoyed by fast boats, fearsome weaponry and high-tech communications gear, pirates carried off 263 reported heists in 2007 - 28% of which occurred in the treacherous waters off Nigeria and Somalia, where vast coastlines and feckless transitional governments make for easy marks for plundering pirates. Despite a June U.N. resolution that lets naval allies surveil those waters, ships are warned to stay 250 nautical miles from land...