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...swamp. The 6-foot point guard didn't do that -- the Sixers were, if anything, worse this year. But he did win rookie of the year. Despite racking up impressive statistics, Iverson took nearly as many shots from NBA veterans as he did at the basket--and that's a lot. Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan lambasted Iverson for not having enough respect for the game and too much for himself. Accepting the award, Iverson tried, however feebly, to make amends. "I think I got a bad shake this year. I got the short end of the stick," he said...
Without Longley to dominate Patrick Ewing and find his way under the basket on backdoor plays, with Scottie Pippen shooting a robust 33 percent and with Jordan hesitant to get into the face of officials, the Bulls had no game...
Despite the new accounting rules, tuition will remain the packhorse of academic finance. Parents may think their checks to Penn pay for a specific basket of services, such as the few hours a professor actually spends in class. In fact, tuition money flies rather far afield. Much of it supports legions of administrators, secretaries, groundkeepers, maintenance crews and campus cops--security being an especially crucial and large expense at Penn, which is located on the tough west bank of the Schuylkill River...
Freshman Brian Cardinal, whose 3-pointer with 16 seconds left in regulation forced OT, hit the first basket in the extra period, and Purdue (18-11) never trailed again...
Only recently considered a basket case, Latin America seems to be blessed with strong growth, relatively low inflation and open markets. But that reflects past reforms made by politically bold leaders, said Luis Rubio, president of Mexico's Center of Research and Development. Today, he said, "that first era of reform is over. I don't see a single important reformer in Latin America." Not unlike the situation in India, the public sees few benefits from the impressive modernization in key countries like Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, as unemployment remains stubbornly high and real wages fall. Warned Rubio...