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...Maine did not relent in applying heavy pressure, firing 55 more shots in the game’s final two periods. Of those, Harvard blocked 11—still a sizeable percentage of the Black Bears’ total output—but 31 found their way to Grumet-Morris, leading to five goals...
Though BC (5-13-3) established the early lead just five minutes in—courtesy of a Michelle Lombardi tally—the Eagles refused to relent against the Terriers’ club squad, mounting a prolonged attack that pinned the puck inside the BU (5-13-1) zone for the majority of the first period...
...banning some of their organizations and by softening his stance toward India, particularly on the question of the disputed territory of Kashmir. He has declared a unilateral cease-fire along the line dividing Pakistani and Indian forces in Kashmir and has suggested that he may be willing to relent on Pakistan's long-held demand that Kashmir's future be determined by a plebiscite. Pakistani investigators identified one of the Dec. 25 attackers as a 23-year-old militant from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir after he left a gruesome calling card at the bomb site: his face, which was blown...
Mind you, Japan's problems are still awful: relent-less deflation that drives down real estate values and prevents companies from raising prices; government debt that amounts to 158% of the gross domestic product (vs. 59% in the u.s.); banks that stifle entrepreneurship through their reluctance to lend money; and a government too paralyzed to mandate real reform. But as Canadian money manager Peter Cundill says, such a grim time "is exactly when you should consider investing, since buying a stock or a market at a low point nearly always works in the long...
Still, Fitzpatrick, trying to carry the team on his shoulders, would not relent...