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...senior back Jill Lewis launched a barrage of crisp passes from the midfield circle deep into Harvard territory. Lewis pounced upon Harvard clearing passes, redirecting the ball down the sidelines to wings Valentina Auramovic, Diane McLoughlin and halfback Mary Beth Sydlowski...
Braving the crisp fall air of Central Square, Democratic candidate Larry W. Beeferman began his rounds early yesterday handing out flyers, talking to potential supporters and complaining about catching pneumonia...
...unknown territory. Last year the French region of Alsace produced about 12 million cases of wine; a scant 68,000 were sold in the U.S., although that was a 21% increase over 1988 levels. A pity. Unlike the sweetish Rhines and Moselles of neighboring Germany, Alsace's crisp Pinot Blancs, spicy Gewurztraminers and luscious Rieslings are flowery in bouquet but normally bone-dry in taste, in short, ideal companions to such summertime staples as shellfish, grilled chicken and pasta salad. (Gewurztraminer has a peculiar affinity for Chinese and Indian dishes.) The hard-to-find 1985 vintage is a great...
...caution was not what politicians feared when they agreed to merge the German economies. East Germans had squirreled away some 180 billion ostmarks, which came to roughly $70 billion in new spending power when converted into deutsche marks. To cope with the switch, the Bundesbank shipped 600 tons of crisp new bills -- $15 billion in all -- to 10,000 banks, police stations, post offices and temporary disbursement points...
...clock struck midnight on a crisp autumn night nearly four years ago, Red Sox outfielder Dave Henderson had seemingly exorcised 68 years of demons that had plagued the team. After his towering leftfield home run in the extra innings of Game Six of the 1986 World Series against the Mets, only three outs stood between the Sox and their first championship since 1918. As Henderson circled the battle-scarred diamond, he made a weak and only half-successful attempt to subdue the thin smile that began to crease his face...