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William P. Alford, who legal scholars characterized yesterday as the leader in the field of Chinese legal studies, would not say whether he will accept Harvard's offer...
According to Lubman, Alford would provide a much needed boost to Harvard's program, which has been kept alive in recent years by a series of visiting professors. "Any program requires continuity and [Alford] will give [Harvard] vision and continuity both," he said...
That year, three Crimson cagers were ranked among the nation's leaders in free-throw shooting. The frontrunner was Steve Alford--the same Steve Alford who last year led the Indiana Hoosiers to a national championship and now is playing for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Alford led all players that year, connecting at an incredible rate of 92 percent...
...Bill Alford's troubles began during the devastating winter storms of 1982. That January a 15-ft. chunk of earth slid away from in front of their bluff-top home in Bolinas, Calif., about 30 miles north of San Francisco, and crashed to the beach below. A year later another 15 ft. vanished, leaving the house just a few feet from the edge of a 160-ft. cliff. So, in the summer of 1984, the Alfords moved their 1,300-sq.-ft. house 32 ft. back from the edge. Then came Valentine's Day 1985. Following unusually high tides...
...think I'm unyielding?" he asks Dean Garrett playfully, clasping a fist to the back of his center's neck. "No," Garrett answers sheepishly. "Am I unyielding?" he turns to Forward Daryl Thomas. "No, sir." It is the eve of the title game, and the press invites Alford into the discussion. Socks, shorts, one, two, three. "I've survived for four years," he backs off in a panic. "I've only got one more game." Indiana won it, 74-73, over the Syracuse Orangemen. Their perfectly competent but strangely insecure coach, Jim Boeheim, was slightly outflanked...