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Financials were among the worst performing sectors of the day, with bank stocks dropping more than 17% on average. Shares of Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America and Wachovia all fell more than 20%, largely erasing last week's financial-stock rally. Shares of oil companies fell sharply as well on Monday, as the price of crude sank to $49.28 per barrel, a decline of more than 9%. (See the Top 10 Wall Street Meltdowns...
...Harvard wrestling team knew its slate would be a daunting one. But with two forfeits due to injury at the Journeyman/Brute Northeast Duals on Saturday, the Crimson found the challenge insurmountable.Despite a few grind-out efforts, including an undefeated performance from junior co-captain Louis Caputo, Harvard (0-3) fell by lopsided margins to No. 21 Old Dominion, No. 24 Virginia, and No. 5 Missouri in Troy, N.Y.“We wrestled against some [teams] ranked very high,” junior co-captain J.P. O’Connor said. “But it’s nice...
...points, helping Harvard to the second round of the NCAA tournament. In the first round, Akpan scored the double-overtime golden goal winner against the University of Massachusetts. This season also saw Akpan set the Crimson’s all-time career points and assists records. Both marks fell on Nov. 8 in a 6-1 demolition of Columbia. He now has 97 points and 27 assists in his already-historic career. Harvard’s 2008 season may have come to a close last Tuesday in a 2-1 loss to No. 8 University of South Florida...
...deflated. The same thing happened in 1956, when Mighty Mouse failed to save the day and collapsed instead. Heavy rain filled the brim of Donald Duck's hat in 1962, causing the character to tip over and dump 50 gallons of water on unamused onlookers. In 1971, rain fell so heavily that the balloon portion of the parade was cancelled. Sonic the Hedgehog broke an off-duty policeman's shoulder in 1993, but the worst accident came in 1997, when 43-mph winds blew The Cat in the Hat into a lamppost, causing the metal arm to fall...
...when rain fell all over the Cambridge area, there was a different thing falling all night long at Lavietes Pavilion—Crimson free throws...