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After the changeover, Choo came out fired up. He broke Hadzialic in four straight points and both players found renewed energy in their groundstrokes...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Players Dominate Harvard Invite | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Turner saw his opening and broke Tongoona's serve. It was simply a matter of holding his own, then, which he did to walk away with the victory and title...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Players Dominate Harvard Invite | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Boston resident reported that when he met his brother-in-law at Au Bon Pain, the brother-in-law demanded money. When the victim refused to hand over any money, his brother-in-law attacked him with a cell phone. A store employee broke up the fight, and the unconscious victim was transported to Mt. Auburn Hospital...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Weekly Police Log | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...industry group formed in 1954 after Senate hearings into bloody and smutty comic books. It gave its seal of approval only to comic books that went easy on the cleavage and eye gouging. Most retailers would not sell comics that did not earn the association's seal. The system broke down in the 1970s, but for two decades it kept Batman from drinking blood and Wonder Woman dressed. What the politicians would prefer again is that the entertainment companies hold the line themselves. Of course, in a world where WWF Smackdown! qualifies as children's TV, nobody really knows where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Issues 2000: Washington To Hollywood: Oh, Behave | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...blockading refineries and supply depots, emptying nearly every filling station, propelling panicked buyers to strip milk and bread from market shelves, closing schools and businesses, provoking the Queen to grant Blair broad emergency powers. In the end, he didn't need them. The savvy protesters claimed "moral victory" and broke up their gas embargo before the nationwide disruption caused what Blair had predicted: "real damage to real people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Over A Barrel | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

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