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Behind the curtain, Judge Streit found a vicious pattern of commercialized recruiting that begins with athletic scholarships and falsified admission records, proceeds through four years of such cinch courses as music appreciation and finger painting, and winds up with a squad of athletic hirelings who may be easy touches for fast-talking fixers. Among his findings...
...that one of Matt's friends would be familiar with the details of an auto-accident case. At Osborne's urging, they signed a bogus eyewitness statement, and the lawyer rubbed it on the floor to make it look old. Later, in court, their testimony helped cinch a $12,000 verdict. As a result of Matt's story, Osborne was charged with two counts of subornation of perjury and two of contempt of court...
...good old days before World War II, a cop knew where he stood, in New Rochelle, in New York's staid Westchester County. It was Suburbia for the Suburbanites then, and, except for a few rough spots, keeping the peace was a cinch. Every now & then some shady-looking characters in veils and spangles would wander into town, but a good cop would spot them quick for what they were, and run them in. As one of New Rochelle's finest explained it delicately last week: "You know, gypsies-always out to commit some larceny by theft...
...fifties jayvee race was the closest of the day, with Yale coming from two lengths behind Harvard to win by four feet over the Crimson. Harvard jumped to an early lead and seemed to be a cinch to win, but in the last half mile the Crimson could'nt raise the stroke from a 32, and Yale put on a furious sprint...
...fifties jayvee race was the closest of the day, with Yale coming from two lengths behind Harvard to win by four feet over the Crimson. Harvard jumped to an early lead and seemed to be a cinch to win, but in the last half mile the Crimson could'nt raise the stroke from a 32, and Yale put on a furious sprint...