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Baskind’s two goals in the Crimson’s final match of the regular season propelled Harvard over Columbia in overtime, 2-1, and earned the defending Ivy League champions an outright Ancient Eight title for the first time this decade...
...Development Company committed fraud when he bought stock in his company without sharing information with the seller that soon boosted its value. But it wasn't until after the 1929 stock-market crash that Congress passed laws to limit such trading (although it didn't move to ban it outright) and created the Securities and Exchange Commission to enhance market oversight. As the stock market expanded in the 1960s, the SEC grew more aggressive in fighting insider trading, relying on a general prohibition against securities fraud. In 1987, the Supreme Court ruled that a former Wall Street Journal reporter...
Will Swine Flu kill sportsmanship as we know it? In order to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, several sports entities have either actively encouraged or outright ordered that athletes ditch that time-tested, germ-infested ritual, the handshake before or after a game. The Swedish soccer association, Canadian Olympic Committee, Ohio State football team and New England Small College Athletic Conference are among those trying to kibosh the palm-to-palm. "Shaking hands is just a way for us to increase the risk of getting ill," says Bob McCormack, the chief medical officer for the Canadian Olympic team...
...tournament, it would have been easy to come out soft, but it wasn’t like that at all,” said sophomore Melanie Baskind, who scored both of the Crimson’s goals. “It was a question of pride, winning the league outright instead of sharing with Yale...
...that feeling last year obviously winning but also sharing the title which sucked,” senior goalkeeper Lauren Mann added. “There was big motivation going into this to prove that we did deserve to be outright champions...