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With the women’s basketball team struggling following its first league loss in two years, a win against traditional second-fiddle Penn was a must just four games into the season. After shutting down the Quakers’ star Jewel Clark, the Crimson appeared to have the game in order, especially since none of Penn’s starters cracked double digits. But the Quakers subs played well beyond their talent, nailing clutch shot after clutch shot to shut down the Crimson comeback drive and winning 73-72, before one of their mothers tried to steal my game...
...worked closely with Burch, problems began two weeks ago when Burch was told that her e-mail signature—which, in addition to the journal link, contained a quote from feminist punk musician Kathleen Hanna—was inappropriate. Burch said her Harvard e-mail account was shut down, and she was placed on paid suspension from work while the Office of Human Resources and her supervisors administered a full investigation...
...hour before the prizes are announced, scores of celebrities parade up the red-carpeted staircase of the Grand Palais. Among them are the eventual prize-winners. Sharp-eyed viewers thus can figure who will win some award and who, by their absence, will be shut out. We noted that Salles and Garcia Bernal were among the missing, as were the stars of ?Shrek 2,? which one trade paper had touted as the big winner. And where, one wondered, was Wong Kar-wai, writer-director of the Festival?s most eagerly awaited film, ?2046,? and his luminous cast: Zhang Ziyi, Gong...
...will bring down the curtain on a long easy-money period that has been marked by 0% car loans and giveaway mortgage rates. But for that to be bad news, rates would have to jump dramatically--and fast. A sharp spike in rates could kill the housing market, shut down business spending and slow the economy before the job recovery really takes hold. That's not likely to happen...
...rising interest rates could shut a lot of people out of the purchase market, even as a stronger economy produces jobs and gives workers the means to own their shelter. REIS estimates that the apartment vacancy rate will top out at 7.2% this year and then ease over the next four years to 6.1%. That shift, along with higher rents anticipated next year, is expected to boost landlord cash flows as much as 7% and lead to healthy dividend growth, offering a compelling reason to own the stocks of apartment REITs such as Avalon Bay, BRE Properties, United Dominion Realty...