Word: alma
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Melia wore a lucky charm from his alma mater in each appearance on the show...
Less than a decade old, not officially recognized by the College and without a building to call their own, the Bee's low profile has led many to dismiss it as an elitist institution welcoming only those who can claim Phillips Exeter Academy or the Groton School as their alma mater or the women's squash team as theirprimary group of friends...
...what of Henri Paul, the chauffeur so loaded with alcohol that his vision may have been blurred as he smashed into the Alma tunnel's 13th pillar? Sancton and MacLeod reveal Paul's history of daredevil stunts in passenger planes, and how his final stunt was to drink whiskey-strength aperitifs -- right under the noses of Dodi Fayed's bodyguards. Another irony: Mohammed Al-Fayed, in his first post-crash interview, tells Sancton and MacLeod how he begged Dodi not to go from the rear of the hotel with a substitute driver. Dodi didn't heed Mohammed's advice...
Feeney then retreated from the front pages, declining all interview requests. Friends helped assemble the fragments of his life: born poor in Elizabeth, N.J.; fiercely loyal to his ancestral Ireland and his alma mater, Cornell; a "shabby" dresser who flies coach and does not own a house or car. Reports of Feeney's modest trappings are true, save one--that he wears a $15 watch. A spokesman says it cost five bucks...
...quad, Michigan is Number 1 and smelling the roses after a 20-14 win over Ohio State that may have given Charles Woodson the Heisman. And with the college basketball season barely a week old, we've already got our first upset: Gonzaga, last seen as John Stockton's alma mater, beat Number 5 Clemson...