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...within one at 51-52 with 14:08 to play. It's the Housman-Pusar show on the court tonight. The two are combining for 33 of the 51 points for the team. The two, who are also roommates, are also the most vocal, calling for the squad to wake-up. 13:27 After nice jumpshot from BU on one end, Housman draws pushing follow on the other. Harvard already in bonus. And Housman nails the first to get 20, hits the second to bring Crimson with one, 53-54. 12:50 Lowe big on both ends. Gets fadeaway three...
...sunny Friday morning two summers ago, Daniel Vasella got quite a wake-up call. Outside his lakefront home near Zug, Switzerland, gigantic speakers blasted Wagner's Gotterdammerung loud enough to rattle the windows. From across the lake, several boats carrying protesters converged on his house. A helicopter delivered a barrel marked with a skull and crossbones to one of the boats. Baffled, Vasella watched as the barrel was ferried to shore and plunked on his lawn...
...Senator Byron L. Dorgan, the commission?s chairman, said the 360-page study was "sober reading," a sign that repression was getting worse in China, despite promises of reform. He called the report a "wake-up call" to Washington decision-makers. The Chinese Embassy in Washington was called for a comment, but officials did not respond...
...Spears, ultimately, may do the same. The fact that the judge took away custody as of 12 noon today, and scheduled a hearing for 1:30pm the same day suggests he isn't trying to separate this family permanently. "This is just a wake-up call for Britney," says Grossman, "to send a message to her that this is real, that you could really lose your kids because of the way you're behaving." Whether the wake-up call will be effective isn't certain. Spears' first stop after turning over her sons two days early on Monday...
...native Bavaria. He will again deliver a series of speeches in German, including an address Friday evening to a gathering of international diplomats in Vienna that touched on some hot-button issues facing world leaders. Speaking with a slightly hoarse voice, the Pope delivered something of a wake-up call to Europeans who "need to make their political importance felt" in troubled regions like Darfur and the Middle East, and in the fight against poverty. "Europe has a unique responsibility in the world," Benedict said. "First of all, it must not give up on itself. The continent which, demographically...