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...serious collector of 17th century sea charts and leather-bound tomes, head to the dimly lit Quagga Trading (84-86 Main Road, tel: (27-21) 788 2752), a shop packed with rare treasures. Inside, a wall-mounted zebra head watches over glass cabinets stuffed with old books, seashells and the skull of a baboon...
...clutch down the stretch as a member of the last playing group.“I saw our coach more than I usually do, so I had the feeling that it was pretty close,” Sheldon said.Amidst a flurry of pars, the par-3 17th hole proved to be the difference-maker—Sheldon’s birdie combined with a Yale golfer’s bogey to separate the two teams for good.“[On the 17th hole] you can’t go over the green, because you’ll have...
...sophomore Greta Meyer scored the first tally of the game in the first five minutes. Harvard soon evened it up as freshman Katie Doherty won a draw control and passed the ball to junior tri-captain Sara Flood. Flood whipped it into the back of the net, scoring her 17th goal of the season. That would be the only goal for the Crimson in the first half, as the Big Green outscored Harvard, 13-5, going into the break. Winning the next draw control, the Crimson gave up the first of three major turnovers that allowed Dartmouth to score...
...From the 17th century onward, dairy farmers who wanted to supplement their income from milk - or who just needed a source of sweetener that was better and cheaper than sugar or molasses - drilled small holes in the trees during the brief weather window between winter and spring. (Sap typically runs out of maple trees on days when the temperature is around 40 degrees following a night when the mercury dropped below freezing.) The farmers called the maple tree stands "sugar bushes" and hung buckets under the drilled holes. Every day or two - depending on how fast the sap was running...
...official baptism record amended. Religious leaders from the Southwark Diocese had previously refused to delete Hunt's record of baptism, claiming it was an important historical detail. But after Hunt published a renouncement of his Christianity in the London Gazette, a journal of record dating back to the 17th century, those same religious leaders agreed to include it alongside his official baptism entry. "It's about time some of us stood up to be counted," Hunt said after receiving the news...