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Meanwhile, the American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG), which organized the rally Friday, is preparing to launch a “massive campaign” aimed at persuading Western investors to pull their money out of companies that do business with the Sudanese regime, said the group’s associate director, Jesse A. Sage...
...general manager. A Yalie who had grown up a mile from Fenway, Epstein was a data freak who did a sabermetric analysis on everyone in spikes. By the time he was finished dealing, Epstein had replaced 16 of Boston's 25 players. Before the 2004 season, he tried to pull off a stunning coup by bringing superstar shortstop Alex Rodriguez to Beantown. The deal fell apart, and Rodriguez eventually landed in New York. But Epstein had other gems in sight. He splashed out $24 million for a much-needed closer, Keith Foulke, after landing the incomparable Schilling, a certified Yankee...
...redemption of a long-estranged parent is hardly a novel plot in contemporary cinema; it has congealed to the point where every hug, tear and clumsy montage seem carefully choreographed. Refreshingly, Around the Bend, reveals an organic push and pull that approaches the mostly shapeless narrative of real relationships that is only reinforced by the subtle performances of screen legends Christopher Walken and Sir Michael Caine...
Harvard’s ability to pull out the close games over weaker opponents is something that it failed to do last year when it lost back-to-back games to Dartmouth and Columbia without an injured Ryan Fitzpatrick. Those two losses ended both the Crimson’s quest for an undefeated season and hopes of an Ivy championship...
Penn’s only loss this season came to Villanova in a game which saw the Quakers trail 16-0 midway through the fourth, only to score two quick touchdowns to pull within 16-13. Had Penn been given one more shot with the ball, its momentum might have carried it to victory, just as it did against Brown in a 20-16 comeback win last weekend...