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Sure, the skipper had been responsible for RPI’s power play, mouthing off to the referee after junior defenseman Dylan Reese’s tally was denied because the net was off its moorings. And yes, Morissette’s score would withstand the Crimson’s late two-goal rally to hold up as the difference in a 3-2 game. Donato himself acknowledged his culpability, apologizing to his players after the game...
...number of deals last year with a volume of $1 billion or more doubled from 2004, while the number of transactions exceeding $5 billion more than tripled, to 408 from 130. Behind this boom is a growing sense among European businesses that they need to get substantially bigger to withstand ever fiercer global competition. A series of Europe-wide measures over the past decade to deregulate and liberalize industries ranging from telecommunications to energy has made this consolidation easier - and more urgent. And the growing role that Eastern Europe plays as both a market and a production site for West...
...Overuse of antibiotics helped breed the new bug in two ways. First, the simple rules of natural selection dictate that when a drug kills most of the members of any species of pathogen, those individuals that do withstand the assault did so because they had a natural resistance to the chemical. It's the same phenomenon that breeds pesticide-resistant insects on farms. What's more, since many antibiotics wipe out numerous species of bacteria at once, the drugs inadvertently create a nice, clear field in which those that do survive can thrive...
...Japanese government announced that 20 condos and one hotel in and around Tokyo designed by architect Hidetsugu Aneha did not meet Japan's strict earthquake-resistance standards. Thirteen buildings, it said, were so poorly protected that they were unlikely to withstand a medium-strength temblor. Most shocking of all: Aneha's work failed to meet codes not due to error or incompetence, but because he knowingly skimped on materials like reinforced steel and then fabricated safety data to indicate projects were in compliance. Aneha, who admitted in a press conference to faking the data, said he had buckled under pressure...
...junior, Bush will probably bypass his final year of college for the NFL's riches (say goodbye to the inmates, Mom). Because he's barely 6 ft. tall and weighs about 200 lbs., skeptics fear his body won't withstand the NFL's pounding. "No question, size has to be a concern," says an NFL general manager. But several smaller backs have succeeded. "If that guy fails in the NFL," says an NFL college-scouting director, "something is wrong." Bush has sold the league's all-time leading rusher. "Aw, come on," says Emmitt Smith of the critics. "They...