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...their heels, insisting they won't slash prices to 2008 levels. Last year, retailers had loaded up on goods for the holiday season but were then hit with the collapse of Lehman Brothers, upheaval in the credit markets and the AIG crisis, which sent tremors of fear far and wide. Consumer spending dried up, and shoppers abruptly disappeared. Retailers found themselves sitting on huge inventories of unsold goods, and many frantically started chopping prices to clear shelves...
According to Gogan, sustainability advocates face a slew of challenges including bringing concession operators and an outside contractor—Cambridge Landscaping—which the University hired to dispose of waste at games, in line with University-wide recycling efforts...
...Chris Lorditch, the junior wide-receiver who caught the game-winning touchdown, it was his belief in Winters’s ability that made him confident that if he beat his man that the play was going to work...
With one second remaining, Van Nest had the ball—and the game—in his hands. But the sophomore’s shot went wide, and Richards grabbed the rebound to control the ball as the clock expired...
...previous British inquiries, which had been authorized by Blair's government, were criticized by opponents of the war for being too narrowly focused and timid in their criticism of the country's leadership. By taking a wide scope and examining almost every aspect of the war, from Britain's pre-Sept. 11 policies on Iraq to the end of British combat operations in April of this year, the Iraq inquiry may offer a definitive portrait of the problems associated with the invasion. (See a month-by-month review of the Iraq...