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...Shopping period is just one day away, and you probably still don't have a list of courses...
...Harvard’s next match. For a team that has not played competitively in five weeks, the Crimson showed little rust against Stanford, the strongest opponent that the team has faced this season. “We were really excited to get back on the court after exam period. We had the opportunity to practice beforehand to get back into a rhythm,” junior captain Johanna Snyder said. “This was our first difficult match and I felt we all played very well.” Harvard was paced by its upperclassmen, all of whom...
...most obvious. Beyond that, airlines are back in trouble. All of the merger plans that carriers were looking at last summer can be dusted off. Traffic is falling sharply as consumers and businesses cut back on travel. In a related sector, the hospitality industry is in it worst period in decades. Some hotels are nearly empty...
...cooked up. Indeed, while most companies limped out of 2008 on slumping results that look likely to plummet in 2009, McDonald's on Monday announced earnings of $985.3 million in the fourth quarter of last year. While that near billion-dollar activity represented a 23% drop over the same period the previous year - due mostly to an extraordinary tax bonus accounted to 2007 books - McDonald's also revealed an 11% rise in fourth-quarter consolidated operating income to $1.5 billion on global sales gains...
...Shang Dynasty (about 1700 B.C.), when soothsayers would burn turtle shells or shoulder blades of goats or cattle and use the cracks to interpret what the future held. The remains of these "readings" were unearthed years later and called dragon bones. Although these methods weren't specifically astrological, the period marks the beginning of the Chinese connection to the celestial bodies that form the basis of the Chinese zodiac. (See pictures of Chinese New Year celebrations...