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August Wilson's mom, a cleaning woman trying to raise four kids in the Pittsburgh slums, won a radio contest once. She named the product that went with the ad slogan "When it rains, it pours" (Morton salt), and the prize was a new Speed Queen washing machine. When the station found out she was black, Wilson recounts, his mother was offered instead a certificate for a used washing machine from the Salvation Army. Friends told her to take it anyway; it was better than the old washboard she was using to scrub her kids' clothes. But she refused. "Something...
Harvard, having lost 10 straight coming into the contest, had hoped to take advantage of its last game of the year at home to end the slide, as both of its wins on the season have come at Jordan Field...
...Brown] typically comes out pretty hot in doubles,” said junior Brandon Chiu, who played the last contest with co-captain Jason Beren. “We warmed up well, and we did what we had to do, but they [did] more in doubles...
Yale failed to maintain its 11-goal average, only managing to score four on the contest, thanks to the tight Crimson defense and freshman Evan O’Donnell in the goal, who made 13 saves throughout the game...
...Bears scored just 17 seconds into the contest and added another for an early 2-0 lead. The Crimson scored three of the next five goals to pull within one nearing the intermission, but Brown freshman Ally Wyatt found the net to put the Bears up 5-3 at the half...