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...teams this season—or last, for that matter. Harvard currently sits last in the league in punt returns, kickoff returns, and net punting, a year after finishing third, seventh, and seventh in those categories (in fairness, the squad’s kickoff coverage has been excellent).This weakness has the potential to become especially visible this weekend, when Harvard travels to Penn. The Quakers lead the league in kick returns, are third in punt returns, and have brought one each back for a touchdown—the only Ivy squad to do that this season. And it becomes...
...most Southern Californians cannot readily imagine a quake of that scale. They haven't experienced one before, so they don't know how the g-forces will feel. The intent of the ShakeOut drill is to hijack the imagination. "Time and again, we've heard that there is a weak link between the scientific understanding of quakes and the ability of the public to pay attention and change their behavior," says Mariana Amatullo at the Art Center College of Design, one of the organizers of the event. "The goal was to find new opportunities for the public...
...Despite the stock market's euphoric reaction and the positive reviews by analysts, economists warned that the effects of the measures will take time to work through the system, with the largest impact not likely to be felt until 2010. "I think that we'll see a couple of weak quarters in 2009," Simpfendorfer says. While the size of the package was welcome, "it's the speed of its implementation that is really important," he says. "My concern is that the contraction in demand will take place before the fiscal policies have time to take effect." To an economy heavily...
...describe the possible shape of the U.S. downturn if you plotted GDP growth on a graph: V (short and shallow); W (double dip with a positive blip in the middle as a result of fiscal stimulus programs); L (a protracted, Japan-like stagnation); saucer (stagnation with a very weak recovery). A V-shaped recession now seems highly unlikely. The U.S. housing sector continues to deteriorate, eroding consumer confidence and wealth. Private investment is in free fall, and personal consumption (which accounts for 70% of U.S. GDP) is getting weaker and weaker...
When Canada enacted some of the first incentives at the turn of the millennium, the weak Canadian dollar and the tax credits were enough to lure many Hollywood films out of the country altogether. An ensuing uproar within the American film community sparked a move to entice these “runaway productions” to remain in the lower 48, and many states formerly unfamiliar with film production found their way into the industry. Currently, approximately 80% of American states provide some benefit—ranging from sales tax exemptions to tax credits—to films that shoot...