Word: dame
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...Harvard men’s tennis team turned in sound performances in the Notre Dame and Brown Invitationals last weekend, while tinkering with its doubles pairings and singles lineup...
...Crimson, ranked No. 35 nationally at season’s end, hopes to improve upon its 15-6 record and crack into the top 30. With the first tourney, the Notre Dame Invitational, still over a week away, the team has yet to determine the singles lineup and doubles pairings...
...Wimbledon in 1953. "I lost in the first round because I had bad nose cramps," he jokes. He went on to become a highly regarded poet and novelist?his book White Gestures was a top seller in Italy?and he published a well-received biography of the grande tennis dame Suzanne Lenglen. He was also once named Italy's playwright of the year. The son of a Lombard oil magnate, Clerici is a bon vivant of the first order. Surely the most dapper dresser in the history of sports journalism, he owns homes throughout the world and has been known...
...sharp increase in requests for financial aid. At Arizona State, students qualifying for need-based loans are up 30% over the past two years. "There is a lot of uncertainty due to the loss of value in families' assets," says Jim Molloy, associate director of financial aid at Notre Dame, where spending on need-based financial aid is up 10%. Mark Evans, director of financial aid at Kent State, reports that requests for additional aid because of "special circumstances" have risen...
...former batting champion who is called Godzilla "because I look so scary," he says. The 1.9 m, 95.3 kg Hideki bears the fortunate burden of playing for Japan's oldest, most successful team, an institution combining the prestige of the Yankees and the fan reverence accorded Notre Dame. The Giants always lead the league in attendance and give their stars a profile Ichiro could only have dreamed of when he played in Japan. Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe has never lost a player to America and speaks often these days about "sports patriotism." But Hideki turned down a long-term contract...