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Also lurking among the crowd was kitchenware magnate Chip Fisher ’78, a Spee alum known to hang around the club’s Mount Auburn St. domain for late nights with the boys. Fisher, the man behind Mr. Chips ice cream parlor and an upscale Manhattan catering house, encouraged punches to drink up and generally unnerved those in attendance. But the only thing sketchier than Fisher’s appearance last Friday is his profile on thefacebook.com, which includes shout-outs to the Spee, foxhunting and the Mashomack Polo Club. “Chip last logged...
...defense took advantage of the Leopards’ need to put the ball in the air and came away with three interceptions. Senior linebacker Sean Tracy picked off two passes, the second of which came in the fourth quarter as Lafayette was driving into Harvard territory and trying to chip away at the lead...
Harvard built upon its 11-4 lead in the third game, extending it to 20-8 before Dartmouth began to chip away. The Big Green cut the Crimson lead to 25-20, forcing Harvard to call its only timeout of the match. The Crimson picked up three points directly out of the timeout on a Dartmouth attack error and a block and a kill by freshman middle blocker Suzie Trimble, en route to a 30-24 match-clinching...
...says he'll stay in the public eye. "There's very little risk you won't be hearing from me," he says. Those who know him are sure he's right. One consultant to many leading conservatives expects him to use the job to snipe at government policy and chip away at any desire Chirac may have to run for a third term. "The problem with Sarkozy is he's a young Chirac," this insider claims. "He has no other program besides getting elected President. Once he's there, shop's closed." Sarkozy dismisses such criticism. He's unapologetic about...
Political strategists say women were shaken by the attack on a school in Beslan, Russia, in which scores of children lost their lives. "That was a parent's nightmare," says pollster David Winston, who advises House and Senate Republicans. So Kerry is trying to chip away at Bush's tough-on-terrorists image. Kerry's speech at the National Guard convention last week--in which he argued that the White House has "taken its eye off the ball" and even set back the war on terrorism by invading Iraq--may have been directed as much to women...