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...sobriquet "the supersonic schoolmarm." Jan and Marion Dietrich were identical twins from California, dead ringers for Natalie Wood. Janey Hart was the wife of a U.S. Senator. Four of them had logged more flying hours than any of the seven men chosen two years earlier as Mercury astronauts. Jerrie Cobb, the first to be tested, was a shy, restless woman who had worked ferrying planes to obscure corners of South America. She held the world record for nonstop long-distance flying and the world altitude record for a lightweight aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barred from Heaven | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

...Prophet Leo Durocher’s quote “nice guys finish last” could’ve easily come from the Bible. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were not particularly nice guys and they did all right. Criminals Ty Cobb, Ray Lewis and Mike Tyson all ruled their respective sports (indeed, Mike Tyson is proof that God is a twisted sports fan—how else could the world’s scariest man have the girliest voice...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weinlanguage: God, the Almighty Sports Fan | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...their gastronomic success. The fried shrimp scatter ($15.95), an abundance of battered shrimp (think the entire contents of Bubba’s boat from Forrest Gump dumped into a deep-frier) served with remoulade and cocktail dipping sauces as well as french fries and coleslaw, was top-notch. A Cobb salad ($11.50) was tremendous in more ways that one, a fresh and vibrant mountain of different colors, tastes and textures. Herb-crusted salmon, however, was disgustingly oversized, eerily suggesting that the fish had been raised in the warm nuclear waters off Three Mile Island. In addition, the salmon was extremely...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Industrialists of the World, Unite | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

...RETURNEES Ka’Ron Barnes; Cody Toppert; Chris Vandenberg; Steve Cobb; Eric Taylor; Jacquez Vigneault...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Emerges As Perennial Contender | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

...center is back now and between his size and his athleticism, he will be a force for the Big Red in the middle ... With Prather departed, Toppert is Cornell’s leading returning scorer. He pitched in 10.3 ppg last season as a freshman ... Cobb and A.J. Castro battled over point guard duties last season and will likely continue to both see action this season...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Emerges As Perennial Contender | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

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