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Granat also lit up the singles competition with a solid 6-1 Ivy and 19-4 overall record. In addition, throughout the season Granat paired up with junior Julia Kim, sophomore Gabriela Hricko and freshman Rosemary She to amass a 7-0 Ivy and 15-8 overall doubles record...
...common refrain expressed among the crowds snaking around Sotheby's last week was the desire "to buy a piece of history." These were not, by and large, run-of-the-mill collectors, people who amass hordes of stuff centered on a particular interest or obsession. Nor were most of them there in the hope of turning a profit later on their acquisitions. Bruce Wolmer, editor in chief of Art & Auction magazine, says of the high-priced Jackie items, "Most of them will probably not hold their value over the long haul. They won't lose it completely; they...
...American cyclist Lance Armstrong is skipping the Olympic road trials in May, but don't count him out of the July 31 Olympic road race. He's hoping to amass enough World Cup points to earn him an automatic spot on the U.S. team. To do that, he will concentrate on the sport's premier event, the Tour de France in June. "The Tour will be the key for the Olympics," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "The [Olympic gold medalist] will come from the Tour...
...Harvard can earn two wins this weekend, head coach Ronn Tomassoni will become the third coach of Harvard hockey to amass 100 victories...
...else to explain his three attempts in as many years to amass a media empire he can call his own? Four years after he perplexed the entertainment industry by voluntarily resigning the chairmanship of 20th Century Fox, he could today be running any number of media conglomerates or resting on his laurels with a fat production deal somewhere--the traditional way in which Hollywood takes care of its own. Instead, at 54, Diller has chosen to put his credibility on the line and build his very own empire more or less from scratch. "This is either a worthwhile or worthless...