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Fool's Gold That distant El Dorado may have enriched only some Britons, but the turbulence shaking it is felt by everyone. There's little agreement among politicians or economists about quite how much of a basket case Britain has become. "Although the economy is now growing, recovery is still in its early stages and remains very fragile," Brown said in a March 10 speech in the City. Labour says the recovery is due to the government's lead in global efforts to stabilize the banking system and its $30 billion of fiscal stimulus and argues that stimulus spending must...
...been a success story, but it doesn't make them any less vulnerable," says Emmanuel de Merode, director of Virunga National Park. "We're dealing with an unusual situation, where we have very low numbers in a single location. It's like having all your eggs in one basket, and that makes them very vulnerable beyond the success we've been having these last few years." (Read a TIME cover story on the gorilla...
...looked to put the ball in the hands of co-captain Jeremy Lin, who was playing in the last Ivy League contest of his career. Lin received the ball on the perimeter from freshman point guard Brandyn Curry and drove to the hole. But as Lin powered to the basket, Tigers forward Kareem Maddox stepped in front of the 6’3” guard and rejected his shot attempt to teammate Dan Mavraides, and Princeton controlled the ball...
Lin—who finished the night shooting 1-of-8 from the field—took the ball once again for Harvard. With 20 seconds left, Lin took a handoff from Curry along the perimeter and drove to the basket. This time, Lin got his shot off, but the ball did not cooperate, bouncing off the rim and into the hands of Princeton’s Zach Finley...
...received the pass from Curry on the perimeter, but facing tough defensive pressure, Lin returned the ball to the freshman. Curry looked at the basket, then swung the ball to sophomore Oliver McNally with just ticks left on the clock. As time wound down, McNally was forced to heave a contested shot that deflected off the backboard...