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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ahead in the second set after dropping the first, 6-1. She went on to win the second set, 6-4, as well as the decisive third set, 6-2.“I was a little frustrated [with the first set]…so I changed my tactic,” Ko said. “I was like ‘Let me do something different. Let me come to the net, let me be more aggressive, but consistent at the same time.’”Rosekrans earned her tenth dual win this season...

Author: By Eric L. Michel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy Title Within Reach After Weekend Victories | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...names of Waldemar Lorenzana and other members of his family under government suspicion, however, do not appear on many of the titles to their assets, officials say. Rather, those documents use front men (or women) to register businesses, which officials note is a common tactic for laundering money. "The families that run [drug trafficking] know they can't leave a trace," says the narcotics prosecutor, Ruiz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Guatemala, a Village that Cocaine Built | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...government will probably try to have GM broken into two pieces. In that case, most of the creditors may be stuck holding paper in the weaker of the operations which will be made of brands like Saturn and Hummer which have no economic value at all. If that tactic works, the money that GM owes to financial firms could end up being next to nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing GM May Just Be Practice for the Next Bailout | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...effort to add on more courses and yet more extracurricular activities does seem like a frantic attempt to fill time. Students cram the day with meetings and work so that there is not the slightest opportunity for conversation. Summer vacation? Internship. Winter vacation? Fall back on the middle-school tactic and ask for extra work, formally known as the J-term...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: The Silver Lining | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

This also happens to be the day that the duo will release their full-length debut album, "Love the Future," which has been in the works for more than four years. Definitely not a publicity tactic. The boys just want to play some good music, you cynics...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: D.A. and Maxwell, Meet Jimmy | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

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