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...months Gina Cruz, a Manila grandmother, played Pepsi-Cola's Numbers Fever promotion lottery, buying several bottles a day and saving the caps, in the hope that one of the numbers printed inside would win her a 1 million peso ($40,000) prize. When the magic number, 349, was announced in May 1992, Cruz was overjoyed to find she had not one but two caps bearing the winning digits. She promptly fainted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers Nigtmare | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

...biggest shock came when Cruz discovered she had not won anything at all. She and thousands of others were victims of a computer error that generated 800,000 winning numbers instead of 18. The company explained that it simply did not have the $32 billion it would take to pay all claimants and that the real winners would be identified by security codes placed on caps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers Nigtmare | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

Both Boyle and Co-Captain Alexia Cruz said that although team members turned in outstanding performances and many received invitations to the Eastern Championships next weekend, the points were hard to come...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Mediocre Heps for Track | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

Harvard's 4x100 relay team of Cruz, junior Kristina Lynch, sophomore Shireen Boulos and Boyle took second place with a time of 48.1 seconds, and the Crimson's 4x400 relay team of Boulos, Lynch, Boyle and freshman Amanda Williams also finished second...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Mediocre Heps for Track | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...small, young team," Cruz said. "We just work really hard to get points...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Mediocre Heps for Track | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

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