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...tapped World Bank funds. The bank has loaned some $118 billion since its inception. It has helped finance housing and sewage systems in the Brazilian slums of the city of Recife, irrigation systems in India and the construction of electrical generating plants in Thailand. Occasionally the bank comes a cropper. One dud project: the $110 million Bura irrigation scheme in Kenya, in which the World Bank participated and which the country's President, Daniel arap Moi, last January denounced as "a failure, a disgrace and the height of mismanagement." But usually the bank's efforts lead to solid accomplishments...
...actors in drag ("We're on the cutting edge of androgyny," boasted one), the pop singer-turned-actress was presented with the traditional pudding pot and ribbed about her wiry physique (she was given an oversize bra), her unorthodox attire and her one-word name (suggested new last names: "Cropper" or "of the Pot"). Sallied Cher: "I don't know what the other recipients did with their pots, but I'm going to make an earring out of mine...
With about three minutes left, Captain Joe Cavanagh appeared to give the Crimson an insurance goal. "I scored a goal," Cavanagh remembers. Cornell goalie Brian Cropper "pulled it out. It was about a foot over the goal line and he just pulled...
...Going through the [post-game handshaking] line, Cropper was just laughing," says Cavanagh. "I count that game...
Fisco and Mark Benning were both named to the Ivy Hamer Roll last week, Benning also carmed ECAC Honor Roll mentions. Privia Bryan Cropper won all 29 of Cornell's games in 1969-70 Cropper had to fill the shoes of the legendary Dryden that season, who graduated the year before. Harvard is not first int he Ivies on the power play, thanks to an 0-14 weekend at yale and Brown Cornell (333) leads the league in converting man up situations. Harvard (327) is second Five Harvard players are in the top 10 in Ivy League scoring. Fusco...