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...losses. Instead, the Crimson (10-26, 8-8 Ivy) left as befuddled as it had arrived, dropping its second twinbill in as many days and falling out of contention for the Ivy League crown.Although falling to the Bears (19-16-1, 12-4) in four consecutive games signals a dismal weekend, Harvard showed some improvement in the 3-1 and 8-1 defeats, keeping both contests competitive early on. A stellar outing from junior Dan Zailskas in the morning and three innings of no-hit pitching from rookie Conner Hulse in the nightcap gave the the Crimson hope...
...Harvard women’s water polo team (11-14, 4-6 CWPA) was able to overcome a dismal start to the Northern Division Championship on Saturday to end with a third-place finish yesterday. The Crimson dropped two games on the opening day of the championship—hosted by Connecticut College—to two ranked opponents. Harvard came up big on Sunday, however, as the Crimson scored a combined 38 goals in yesterday’s doubleheader. The team now awaits a decision from the Collegiate Water Polo Association to find out whether it will play...
...Crimson another chance to come back.But a timeout from the Scarlet Pioneers would disrupt Harvard’s momentum, and Rutgers-Newark would cruise to a 30-23 victory after registering 15 kills to just five errors in the third set. Meanwhile, the Crimson finished the set hitting a dismal .045 to go along with seven errors.“Anytime that you can’t pass well, it’s tough to get the offense going,” Jones said. —Staff writer Kevin T. Chen can be reached at ktchen@fas.harvard.edu...
...make it onto the front pages of U.S. newspapers only when the news from there is bad. Pessimists could add to the drug wars the parlous state of the Mexican economy - dragged down, as it is, by its close ties to that of the U.S. Alfredo Coutino of the Dismal Scientist projected this week that Mexico could contract by 4% to 5% this year, maybe more, which would put its recession in the same bottom tier as other hard-hit economies such as the U.K. and Japan, and rival that seen during Mexico's "tequila crisis" in 1995. (Read...
...Recruit collected the data between Jan. 30 and Feb. 16, as a series of dire economic indicators painted a dismal economic outlook for Japan and major companies were laying off workers in waves. "News reports about worsened business and manpower conditions came out one after another," says Recruit spokeswoman Yuri Ito. "This survey is done around the time companies announce their recruitment plan for the following year. So some students might vote for those that plan to hire aggressively." Export-driven companies, out. Instead, "Students consider companies in industries like infrastructure and food, which are robust in a recession... companies...