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Eight of the nine were college graduates, and the list of their institutions evokes the American dream. Harvard, Yale Law and Michigan are there, and the senior service academies. But a fellow from Southwest Texas State Teachers can grow up to be President (and boast of the Ivy Leaguers working for him). So can a young man from Whittier, or from, perfect name, Eureka. Truman held no degree but had studied law at night school in Kansas City...
...spikers took the next two sets, and it seemed that they would go for three straight wins Though UConn could boast of at least seven power hitters, the Crimson's big guns were on target. All-Ivy setter Margaret Cheng and freshman hitting sensation Anna Collins blocked hard shots at the net as well as they have in previous matches Ellen Schreiber also sent several mean cross-court spikes which left Huskies sliding all over the floor...
...when he addressed this concern by sponsoring an acid rain bill and pushing it through the environment and public works committee. The Democrat like to point out that Emery didn't co sponsor the House version of the bill until seven months after it was introduced. And Mitchell can boast endorsements from virtually every major environmental organization in the country as a result of his efforts...
There's another hump in the stickwomen's path, however, as Harvard travels to Princeton tomorrow. The Tigers sport a 4-0 record in league action, making them the only team other than the Crimson to boast a winning Ivy ledger...
That magic mountain of money is not conjured up by rubbing Aladdin's lamp. It comes from a gambling alliance that bases its calculations on a measure of snob appeal and tested blue-chip talents. After all, no other musical can boast a T.S. Eliot as its lyricist, so to speak. Even if Eliot was playfully doodling for his godchildren and friends in his 1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, he remains a god in the pantheon of 20th century poets. Cats Director Trevor Nunn and Designer-Cos-tumer John Napier, of the Royal Shakespeare Company...