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...with a 4.3 second margin. “I think as a team we were, in both boats, disappointed with how we rowed,” co-captain Katherine Woodman-Maynard said. Though the second varsity eight won its race, the close margin caused Stevens to take aggressive action in the boat. “The performance of both the first and second varsity boats was pretty poor—the second boat was able to do enough that they squeaked out of it with a win, but there were some underlying major problems,” Stevens said...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fine Tuning for Harvard in Opener | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

Both back in action after off-season injuries, Roberts earned the win and Watkins came up strong in relief. Combined, the two gave up only four hits and struck out five...

Author: By Kara T. Kelley and Julia R. Senior, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Strong Start, Rough End to Nine-Game Stretch | 3/30/2008 | See Source »

...evidence of an implosion inside the Zanu-PF and the regime," says Masunungure. Chris Maroleng of the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria says Mugabe's potential successors within the ruling party will "make their moves based on the outcome - a narrow win could be the cue for action from several quarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Mugabe Lose His Election? | 3/29/2008 | See Source »

Only a figure like Schultz can pull off such bold action, says Rdiger Fahlenbrach, an assistant professor of finance at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business who has studied the return of founder CEOs. "A founder may come in, and because he started the company, people more readily accept these things," says Fahlenbrach. That's clearly what's happening at Starbucks. "Howard, frankly, is the only person who could do what we needed to do," says global strategy head Gass. That courage was on full display on Feb. 26, when Starbucks closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starbucks Looks for a Fresh Jolt | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

...other words, he hasn't got a clue. Another word for dogma is values, and another word for politics is democracy. So McCain, by his own admission, knows little about economics, has no underlying values or principles to apply in considering what action to take and isn't interested in your opinion either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumb Money | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

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