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State Sen. Burt Cohen, a Democrat, initiated the campaign for the plaque to honor New Hampshire men who volunteered to fight Franco in the Spanish Civil War over 60 years ago. In 1937, sponsored by the Communist Party, a dozen residents of New Hampshire joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. They crossed the Pyrenees by foot, sacrificing food, limbs, and sometimes their lives so the Spanish Republic might survive Franco's military coup. England, France and the United States refused to aid the legitimate democratic republic, while Germany and Italy generously donated modern guns, tanks and bombs to the fascist side...
...driving style that earned him the nickname "The Intimidator," Earnhardt was as apt a face as any for a sport whose roots lie with Prohibition-era bootleggers who souped up their cars to outrun fat sheriffs on dusty Dixie roads, and he had a devilish grin to match anything Burt Reynolds flashed in "Smokey and the Bandit...
...last line of defense is no less stingy than its corps of blueliners. Cornell platoons two impressive goaltenders in Matt Underhill and Ian Burt...
Underhill, who has been getting most of the playing team lately after Burt suffered an injury last month, has been particularly impressive, posting a .918 save percentage and allowing a paltry 1.93 goals-per-game in ECAC play...
...senior goaltender Oli Jonas gets a nod for yet another tremendous performance between the pipes. Currently ranked eleventh in the nation, Jonas boasts a .921 save percentage, which falls just three-thousands of a point short of the league lead behind Marsters and Cornell's Ian Burt...