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...victory set up the showdown with Lou Gehrig Division champion Princeton (22-23, 13-9), which the Crimson swept in two games during the regular season...
Wahlberg’s past few outings have given him several positives to bring into Wednesday’s showdown with Brown for the Rolfe Division championship. Unless Hordon heals quickly—and Walsh suggested yesterday that this was doubtful—Crockett will be called upon on three days rest. Nyweide, who lasted under three innings Saturday, will be well rested and could appear in relief, but Wahlberg will probably have his number called at one point...
There is still time for Bush to prove the greens wrong. The next showdown in the environmental wars will be over the regulation of old polluting power plants, a process that is oddly named the "new source review." The current rules stick the older plants with tough emissions guidelines if they modernize, creating a perverse incentive to leave dirty plants unchanged. Bush officials say that the new regulations are only a couple of months away, and they insist that the rules will be considerably more enviro-friendly than activists fear. If the White House doesn't make good on that...
...such employment uncertainty is becoming common. Eurostat reports that the number of workers on short-term contracts rose 14% between 1996 and 2001. In Italy, where a job-for-life is still considered a national birthright, this economic reality is viewed with trepidation. And as a bitter nationwide labor showdown enters its third month, workers like Bruno have become the conflict's poster children - for both sides. Pushing for legislation to loosen the labor market, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says Italy can't compete - and good new jobs will never be created for people like Bruno - if companies feel they...
...front of a raucous crowd of nearly 300 at the Erickson Athletic Complex, Brown, looking for its first-ever conference championship, upset the Crimson in a showdown that had been highly anticipated since the fall...