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Stanford's McEnroe, a freshman ranked in the top 15 of the world, had more than his share of close shaves in the tournament, but the closest came in Monday's final. Playing in stifling heat, McEnroe gutted out three tie-breaker wins to defeat North Carolina State's red hot player, John Sadri, in four sets...
...scoreboard told the sad tale--7-5 in the third, 6-4 in the second; 6-4 in the third; 7-6 in the second with a 5-3 tiebreaker; 7-5 in the second; 7-6 in the second; 7-6, 6-3 with a 5-3 breaker...
...paying $1,472 a year in taxes. These rates have moved some 12,000 Massachusetts homeowners to join a mostly blue-collar group called "Fair Share." It aims to get residential property taxed at lower levels than commercial and industrial sites and to enact a "circuit breaker" law to rebate up to $500 of any property taxes that exceed 8% of the payer's taxable income...
...Forces Breaker...
...craft's appeal to the tyro lies partly in the fact that it need not be expensive. Basic equipment, in addition to the glass, can be bought for less than $50. It includes: a glass cutter, a breaker (for splitting the glass), a grozier (to grind off errors), copper foil or lead (to hold the pieces together), a lathekin (a wooden tool) to flatten the foil on the glass, a soldering iron, a lubricant (usually kerosene) to make the cutter run smoothly on the glass, a flux (a solution to make the solder adhere to the foil or lead...