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...Green of Dartmouth emerged from the fourth quarter of Saturday's game having scored more points than its opponent for the first time this season. Dartmouth (1-4, 0-2) beat Holy Cross 31-14 on the strength of quarterback Brian Mann's arm...
...ensuing play, freshman linebacker Dante Balestracci broke through the line and had the quarterback within arm's reach...
Kevyn Aucoin has never wielded an implement more menacing than a wand of mascara, yet this past summer, the fashion world's pre-eminent makeup artist found himself dueling with some well-armed opponents. In his monthly column for the beauty magazine Allure, in which he typically dispenses a mixture of grooming tips and inspirational aphorisms, Aucoin took a swipe at the National Rifle Association: "Everyone knows me and sports are like the N.R.A. and intelligence--it's an oxymoron (and boy, are they morons)." The resulting volume of mail suggests there are a lot of people who subscribe...
...Putnam, 42, who studied accounting at the University of Pennsylvania, wasn't content to run just a trading network. He's making Archipelago a full-fledged exchange this year by buying the equities arm of the Pacific Stock Exchange. This means that Archipelago will list companies on its own and try to lure blue chips away from other exchanges. If Putnam has his way, Wall Street will no longer be the best route to Easy Street...
...just a little Gallic upturn at the corners of his mouth. He had a near perfect understanding of the possible uses of celebrity. If a photographer was close, he'd manage a jackknife off the low board, a rose in his buttonhole or a pretty woman on his arm. He knifed through dowdy Canadian politics like the classy skier he was--moving gracefully, radiating freedom, yet somehow making all the gates. He was sardonic, often arrogant, prone to lecture. In parliamentary debate, his abrasiveness drove the opposition into spasms of rage. There's a danger Trudeau will be remembered...