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...scored one of the more impressive p.r. coups of the new century when he started delivering free heating oil to low-income Americans. Even if it was political opportunism, as conservative critics insisted, it got home-heating fuel to hundreds of thousands of yanquis during the past four winters, when the price was often skyrocketing. On Monday, however, with world oil prices plunging, the Venezuelan President decided to suspend his large-scale, multistate U.S. program in order to tend to financial concerns at home. Then on Wednesday, at the urging of U.S. politicians whose constituents had come to rely...
With or without Chávez's oil, U.S. homeowners are facing lower heating costs this winter: about $2.25 per gal. of heating oil, compared with a record high of more than $4.50 last year. Still, those households are also confronting the worst economic crisis since the Depression and the unemployment and precarious finances that come with it. As a result, politicians like Democratic U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah, many of whose Philadelphia constituents have received the Citgo fuel, wonder why U.S. oil giants like ExxonMobil - which saw a record $40 billion profit in 2007 and probably broke that...
...Crimson established before the break, posting a 121-108 victory over Arizona State (0-3) on Dec. 19 at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe, Ariz.Although Harvard was able to overcome strong Navy and Sun Devil teams, the Crimson was presented with the toll of a long winter break and looming exams.“Like the rest of the team, I struggled from the training and from coming back after not being here for a while,” Guernsey said. “Exams are hitting, so it’s the time where we?...
With that elusive first victory behind it, the Crimson can start looking to turn some close losses in its favor.The Harvard wrestling team (1-5) finished winter break at the Lonestar Duals Saturday in Arlington, Texas, besting Stanford 24-21 before dropping close matches to Cal Poly and No. 7 Minnesota, 16-19 and 20-28, respectively. Despite the narrow defeats, junior co-captain Louis Caputo felt encouraged by the Crimson’s resolve against top teams.“The [duals] went well,” he said. “It felt good to pull...
...ECAC playoff championship in which the Tigers (13-2-0, 8-1-0 ECAC) seized the title. The weekend’s losses extend the Crimson (4-10-2, 4-5-2) winless streak to 10 games, paralleling last season’s 10-game dry spell during the winter months. “The last couple years, we’ve gone through some sort of slump similar to what we’re experiencing now,” co-captain Jimmy Fraser said. “We’ve just stayed positive and kept working hard...