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When it comes to the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, never bet against the home-schooled kids. This year's champ, GEORGE ABRAHAM THAMPY, 12, and the top two runners-up take their lessons at home, where subjects like Latin, long dormant in public schools, fill the time most kids squander socializing. But George is a standout even in the rarefied air of the bee circuit. In two previous attempts, he tied for fourth and third places in the spelling contest, and two weeks ago, he came in second in the National Geography Bee. With the spelling title--which George...
...many women's hockey fans. Harvard (21-5-3, 17-4-3 ECAC) had been ranked No. 1, 2 or 3 in the national polls almost every week of the season. The Crimson was the defending champ and had beaten the other teams that had the top ranking (Northeastern and Brown) as well as the team that eventually won the national championship (Minnesota...
Despite GM's amazing record, we can be quite confident that the company will not lead the FORTUNE 500 we publish next April. Barring calamity or another jump in oil prices, the new champ will be Wal-Mart, already the world's largest retailer by a mile. Like some cyborg athlete, Wal-Mart moves at a pace that would kill most of its competitors and somehow keeps it up while growing bulkier...
...Enigma: Fusaichi Pegasus's stablemate, also trained by Drysdale, is War Chant, who is lightly raced but frighteningly strong. The grandson of Derby champ Northern Dancer, War Chant is 3-for-4 lifetime, with his most impressive win in the March 4 San Rafael Stakes. But while cruising down the home stretch, the impressionable youngster broke stride when he stopped to look at a sign on the inside rail, spooking his backers. War Chant gets blinkers tomorrow, and is equally capable of a misstep as he is of a money run. Although War Chant has never run outside California...
Dartmouth softball wasn't supposed to be this good this year. Harvard, perennial-power Princeton, and defending champ Cornell were supposed to the teams at the top. The Big Green was coming off of a 2-10, last-place finish. But in this landmark year for Dartmouth sports, it seems like anything can happen...