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...First National Bank of Hope, Kans., a town where the noon whistle blows daily for its 400 residents, has survived all kinds of competition. The rural bank has remained independently owned for its entire 83 years, even through the Great Depression, says Dan Coup, its president and CEO. But Coup is worried that his bank may not survive what he sees on the horizon: Wal-Mart. "They could run us out of business in a heartbeat...
...Karaoke is a big phenomenon in Hong Kong and China.” The winner, Vincent See, a senior at Brown, sang his way to success with “Ai Shi Yong Heng” (“Love is Eternal”) and “Dan Che” (“Bicycle”) while on a crutch due to a skiing accident. Although he said he was pleased with his victory, See said, “the main purpose we came was to meet people and have fun.” The event featured guest...
...Vinci Code's Opus Dei--a powerful, ultraconservative Roman Catholic faction riddled with sadomasochistic ritual, one of whose members commits serial murder in pursuit of a church-threatening secret--is obviously not reflective of the real-life organization (although author Dan Brown's website states the portrayal was "based on numerous books written about Opus Dei as well as on my own personal interviews"). Yet in casting the group as his heavy, Brown was as shrewd as someone setting up an innocent man for a crime. You don't choose the head of the Rotary. You single out the secretive...
...toss of 57.10 meters was just under two meters better than any of the other 18 competitors. Senior James Rhodes and junior James Ayers had tosses good enough for sixth and seventh in the hammer toss events, leaving divots 50.04 and 47.90 meters from the circle. Sophomore pole vaulter Dan Ford took sixth in his events. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...played with a nothing-to-lose attitude, and put on a display of its best tennis of the year, defeating powerhouse Penn Friday and Princeton Saturday to improve its Ivy record to 2-2.“After those two losses, it was devastating,” said sophomore Dan Nguyen, who won both of his matches this weekend, including winning the decisive point against the Tigers (6-12, 1-4 Ivy). “It was a shock because we lost to two teams that are not usually considered the powerhouses in the Ivy League...