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...Lawrence prevailed over Minnesota-Duluth, 1-0, in a goaltending duel. Later that night, Wisconsin held off upstart Mercyhurst by a 2-1 count in double overtime. The results mean that the all of the host teams, representing the consensus top four teams in the nation, survived to vie for the NCAA title this weekend. —Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...
...party has a lot of depth—our events show that,” she said. The Dems hosted a military information session earlier this year. Recently touted as the “anti-Hillary” in the New York Times, Warner is expected to vie for the Democratic nomination. As a red-state Democrat, Warner had an approval rating of 80 percent when he left office this past January. But Stephen E. Dewey ’07, president of the Harvard Republican Club, alleged that although Warner was elected governor on a platform of not raising taxes...
...Store Animations Beauty companies long for the days when they ran the show: before Sephora rang up 20% of a prestigious brand's French sales and before Boots accounted for 30% of high-end beauty-product sales in Britain. So they vie for coveted weeks?before Christmas, Mother's Day and Father's Day?during which to host in-store events and conduct live product demonstrations. Staking out a corner of the store for a week allows individual companies at least some control...
...tensions, Nazarbayev addressed the nation, promising that justice would be done, and calling for order. That did little to convince citizens he would make good on promises of reform and democratization. "They present the Sarsenbayev murder as a single crime by rogue security officers, rather than recognize that [people] vie for power in this country using the most brutal methods," says Nurlan Nurimbetov, a political analyst in Almaty...
...Michele. Perched on a jagged rock formation nearly a kilometer above the valley that connects the city to the Alps just 80 km away, this 10th century Benedictine abbey offers a sweeping panorama of the winterland known as the Milky Way, where some 2,500 athletes will vie for gold. Look westward from the Sacra's cobblestone terrace and pick out the 3,800-m snow-capped mountains girding the resort town of Sestriere, site of the Alpine skiing events. Turn a bit farther north to take in Pragelato, where the ski jumpers and cross-country skiers will compete...