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...things on Wall Street? On the day after the day Lehman Bros. died, the Dow Jones average fell 504.48 points, to 10,917.51, its lowest close since 2006, while the S&P 500 dropped 58.74, to 1,192.96. The S&P decline worked out to 4.69%, the worst percentage fall since the day markets reopened after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but nowhere near the severity of the crashes...
...HARVARD 0The Crimson’s first home game of the season proved to be a disappointment, as the Eagles soared above Harvard, 25-9, 25-19, 26-24.American was unstoppable in the first frame, flying out to a 14-5 lead on the way to a 25-9 win.Harvard fell behind early in the second set, but kills by junior Chelsea Ono Horn and Comrie narrowed the score to 14-12. Still, the Eagles maintained their edge to keep the Crimson behind, ending the frame at 25-19.With Harvard fighting to stay in the game, the score remained close...
...asked me when I was 18 what I'd like to do with my life, I'd have said I'd like to write a novel at some point. But then I sort of fell into journalism. I guess sometime after Killing Yourself to Live, I kinda wanted to write long form fiction, and I had an idea for a story and I decided to try. This is retrospective: I've been asked this question many times, and I keep coming up with interesting ways to make up answers...
...were fueled in part by steep increases in commodity prices in areas such as oil, metals, and food. While Harvard invests only 8 percent of its endowment in this category, the value of these holdings jumped 35.8 percent in Harvard’s last fiscal year. While the returns fell far short of last year’s exceptional 23 percent growth, the gains still compare favorably given that they come during a bear market that has seen the S&P 500 index, a standard baseline for stock-market performance, drop more than 13 percent over the same period...
...funded by the Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, among other sources, showed that for two of the drugs, direct advertising had no impact on prescription patterns for either group. Sales for Zelnorm did experience a short-lived spike at the start of the marketing campaign, but fell back to a similar prescription rate after a few years...