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...Tark the Shark's dominant, scandal-plagued basketball teams at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, UNLV stands for UNLoVed. So not many cried when his 1991 squad, 30-0 in the regular season, lost an NCAA semifinal game to the scholars of Duke. The coach's defenders aver that his rehab program for inner-city tall guys is affirmative action at its most productive. Others, spotting the athletes' BMWs in the gym parking lot, see another moral: it's not whether you win or lose, but how much you make on the side...
...Tark the Shark's dominant, scandal-plagued basketball teams at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, UNLV stands for UNLoVed. So not many cried when his 1991 squad, 30-0 in the regular season, lost an NCAA semifinal game to the scholars of Duke. The coach's defenders aver that his rehab program for inner-city tall guys is affirmative action at its most productive. Others, spotting the athletes' BMWs in the gym parking lot, see another moral: it's not whether you win or lose, but how much you make on the side...
...traditionally weak Elis have played solid hockey as of late. After tying the Crimson at Bright Arena, the Elis handily defeated Vermont, 5-3. One reason for their recent success has been the outstanding play of goalie John Hockin, who has posted a 2.09 goals-against-aver-age, second-best in the ECAC...
...more important they continue to aver that the particular complaint of Ceasarian sections which affects only a small proportion of the Harvard affiliated women who use the facility is only the tip of the iceberg as fat as bad gynecologic practice is concerned...
...exulted Michel. "That's terrific," replied the President. Said Michel afterward: "At least we have really made a start." Indeed, simply by showing that it could agree in principle on a spending plan, Congress gave a jolt of confidence to the jittery U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrial aver age shot up more than eleven points the day after the House budget passed. The long-term reaction of business leaders and financial markets remained unclear. Un less they become convinced that the Government's monetary and fiscal policies are under control, interest rates are likely to remain high...