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...pedigree, the Crimson enjoyed the finest season in its history—a basketball genesis that was met with national (and oftentimes international) media exposure. Ultimately, Harvard (21-8, 10-4 Ivy) once again fell short of an Ivy League title, but in the process it established a new benchmark for Crimson basketball...
...SEAS administrators say that they are aware of the continued pressure for space. Murray says that she believes the new teaching labs in Northwest and Pierce will roughly provide sufficient additional resources until the number of SEAS concentrators reaches 600. But she adds that the school could hit this benchmark in the next three years, if the number of concentrators continues to rise at its current rate...
...other networks were even more delayed. State-owned Rossia 1 broadcast a short news report about an hour after the bombers struck, followed by a documentary about a famous folk singer and a police drama. NTV, which was once the benchmark for Russian television journalism and is now controlled by the state-owned gas giant Gazprom, was last to report on the bombings at 10 a.m. - a full two hours after the first blast. The story came "as soon as [the channel] had video footage from the scene of the tragedy," network spokeswoman Maria Bezborodova said in an e-mail...
...many analysts is the pending expiration of the Federal Reserve program, which involved purchasing up to $1.25 trillion in mortgage securities backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It could open the door to higher interest rates, although the Fed last week hinted that it would keep its benchmark rate near zero for the foreseeable future - a comment likely aimed at preventing panic. (See how Americans are spending...
...It’s a nice benchmark for how use of these tools has matured and integrated into providing government services,” Bourne said of the level of questions raised during such events...