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...Calif. As Cal State continued to fight back, tying the game at five, the Harvard team, especially its freshmen, refused to relinquish the lead. With three tallies from freshman Shannon Purcell, and one goal apiece from freshmen Lizzie Abbott and Monica Zdrojewski and junior Roxanne Pinto, Harvard made a splash going into the second half. The main force, though, came from the hand of Kennifer, who scored 10 goals—as many as the entire Cal State team. “Our freshmen played very well, our whole team played very well,” Farrar said...
...agents sight a smuggler's boat, it's game over - the feds' boats are faster, their drivers better trained and their guns bigger, Hill explains. Typically the smugglers just surrender, as their cell phones and BlackBerrys fly overboard. "The first thing we'll see are little black things going 'splash, splash, splash,'" he says. Should boats escape notice on the water, overnight lookouts now stand watch at Torrey Pines Beach. "It's cat and mouse," Hill says. "We watch them. They watch...
...these finer points will not matter in the end. Over the past week, Obama has barnstormed the nation's televisions, with repeated town halls in California, a seat on Jay Leno's couch, a big 60 Minutes splash on Sunday, and now a prime-time press conference. Even those who eschew politics have most likely seen a clip or two of their President in charge, projecting confidence, explaining that things will get better. And for the White House, that is the message that matters...
...blending is actually already sanctioned by the Paris-based International Organization of Vine and Wine and - curiously - is an accepted practice in France among a few high-end winemakers: a splash of red wine is the key to making pink champagne...
...That panic is felt by politicians and policymakers, who have slashed interest rates and hiked fiscal spending in an attempt to stimulate growth. In January, Taiwan's government doled out $2.6 billion in spending vouchers - or about $100 a person - to encourage consumers to splash out. The administration of President Ma Ying-jeou is also pushing a $14.7 billion program of infrastructure projects through the legislature, which includes funding for construction of better bridges and more subways. Singapore in January announced a $13.4 billion "Resilience Package" that will increase the country's budget deficit to a record level. Yet there...