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With the Eagles already ahead of Northeastern, 5-1, Co Captain Lee Blossom, a veteran of three Beanpot runner-up finishes, stole the puck from a Husky defenseman and dished it off to teammate Hilly McDonough When McDonough scored his breakaway goal, the BC bench emptied its first such round of congratulations in live straight years of Beanpot finals...
...Code power play slapshot 354 into the game--the Harvard fans joyously sprayed the Cornell defensive zone with hundreds of multi-colored tennis balls and one live and pleasantly pick chicken. The onslaught was directed at Cornell goaltender Darren Eliot, who promptly headed for the safety of his own bench...
Alcee Hastings had made history before. The son of domestic servants, he had risen fast to become, at 43, the first black named to the federal bench in Florida. Last week, three years later, he sat as the defendant when a jury of ten whites and two blacks filed into the Miami federal courtroom, after deliberating 17½ hours, to announce their verdict on charges of bribery-conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He hoped that he was not about to go into the history books again, as the first federal trial judge to be convicted of a crime.* A court...
Hastings, who has been on leave with pay for 16 months, said after the trial that he would return to the bench soon. For federal prosecutors, that is not a pleasant prospect. Said one high Justice Department official: "I'd hate to be a U.S. Attorney arguing a case before him." But whatever satisfaction Hastings now has, it is unlikely ever to compensate for the damage to his reputation and career. Said one Miami attorney: "He's going to be on hold the rest of his life...
Time had run out as a Princeton freshman, Justine Koeppen, stood alone at the foul line. Two teams and 30 spectators looked on. She bounced the ball once...twice. She took a deep breath, shot...and missed. No sighs emerged from the Princeton bench. No cheers sounded from the Harvard bench or the Briggs bleachers...