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Days later, Basil Stewart, an unemployed 25-year-old father of three, drove two hours from Brooklyn to Greenwich to spend $175--mostly crumpled up fives and 10s--on Powerball tickets. Could he afford it? "No comment," Stewart replied. More disturbing still was the fact that 28-year-old waiter Ernie Kovic, was also on a Greenwich lottery line, funneling all the money he had been saving for college--$3,000--into Powerball tickets...
...early influences, Stein has found ways of standing out from the stodgy ranks of D.C. lawyers--and not just with books and clothing. He spends Saturdays in his office doing free legal work for low-income Washingtonians. "He knows every waiter and car salesman in town," says law partner Basil Mezines. In a city that takes power oh so seriously, Stein is wryly self-deprecating. Asked how it felt to be named special prosecutor for Meese, Stein said that at a time in his life when his other faculties were in decline, he was glad to be getting subpoena power...
Harvard's five seniors--Feaster, co-captainMegan Basil, Sarah Brandt, Karun Grossman andAlison Seanor--graduate today as the winningestclass in Harvard basketball history. The Class of'98 has posted an overall record of 82-24, an IvyLeague record of 50-6 and a remarkable home Ivymark...
Harvard's sharpshooters continued to drop bombsfrom the perimeter as well, helping Harvard finishthe year ranked second nationally inthree-pointers made per game (7.6). Feaster,Brandt, Basil and Grossman all freely shot thetrey, while sophomore Courtney Egelhoff andfreshman Jill Zitnik emerged as deadly outsideshooters as well. Zitnik, in particular, shot awhopping 82 percent from downtown for the season,and she may be Harvard's best shooting talentsince Erin Maher '93, who is the Ivy League'sall-time leader in three-point field goals...
...most impressive contribution by a freshman,however, came from Kowal. The Honolulu nativesplit time with Basil throughout the season andshowed a high level of poise rare in a rookie. Heroutstanding quickness and ball-handling skills aresure signs of a promising collegiate career. Addthe fact that Harvard will welcome one of itsstrongest recruiting classes in the fall, anddespite graduating the greatest Ivy League women'splayer ever in Feaster, the phrase "four-peat" isbeing thrown around already...