Word: closers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that killed Yale. Snowden and Scott both converted a plethora of high-percentage shots, which stalled many an Eli comeback--Yale's only lead in the game was by a 2-0 score, and once Harvard went up by 10 points six minutes into play, the Elis never got closer 21-16 in the first half and 52-45 in the second...
...shooting cooled off in the second half, where they shot only 40 percent from the floor. This, and Grancio's time on the bench due to foul trouble, allowed Brown to make a late run, cutting the lead to six with 2:12 to play-the game never got closer than five. Tim Hill hit all four of his late free throws, and reserve center Bill Ewing came on to play solid post defense, including a block, to secure...
...Giftrust rose a whopping 617%--turning $10,000 into $71,700. FPA Capital jumped 595%; PBHG Growth Fund popped 589%. And the really good news is that the 20 largest stock funds, which together account for nearly a third of all assets in domestic stock funds, have come much closer to matching the S&P 500 than most. If you own any of the winners, count your blessings. Just don't count on continued outperformance...
HAVANA: Canada and Cuba are close trading partners. Now they want to get closer on human rights issues, according to a joint statement agreed upon during the visit of Canada's foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy to the communist island. "We're working with the government of Cuba to develop some joint programs or approaches dealing with human rights issues. We have now come to an agreement on some directions we can go in together," Axworthy said after a three hour tete-a-tete with Fidel Castro. The trip has raised concerns in Washington, which shuns any contact with Havana...
...muscle flexing in front of MRTA prisoners last week, Fujimori did take a closer look at their squalid lives, three or four men sharing 32 sq. ft. and a hole for a toilet. The President also accepted the petitions of those who say they were wrongly accused of terrorism--personally taking the smudgy pages as inmates shoved them through the bars. Fujimori promises to take them to the Belgian-born priest, Hubert Lanssiers, who heads up his commission to examine wrongful convictions. "I realize we have some incompetent judges out there," he admits. "Now that we've defeated the terrorists...