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...overcame the challenge, beating the Tigers 4-3 thanks to gutsy performances by two freshmen at the bottom of its lineup.“Going outdoors, you can spot a team 20 ranking places, so this is a really good win for us,” said head coach Dave Fish ’72. The slower outdoor surfaces deprived Harvard of many of the easy putaways it is accustomed to and placed a premium on fitness. “To go outdoors against a team that prides itself on really being able to grind you down is huge...
...Force official addressing a House hearing on Wednesday referred to the winning bid using only the name of its American partner. "Northrop Grumman brought their A-game" to the competition, said Air Force procurement chief Sue Payton. Critics were unimpressed: "Northrop's a front," countered Rep. Dave Hobson, R-Ohio...
...authors’ inevitable slip-ups. And yet, because the tales are confessions, they become all the more endearing. While some of the accounts supply the down-and-dirty details, others have a softer, more tender side. In one of these true tales, Rodney Rothman, former head writer for Dave Letterman, awkwardly talks to a childhood sweetheart about their young love. As their conversation goes on, the awkwardness fades as they gradually realize that their old love never completely went away. The thought that people can sometimes rekindle a love they once thought extinguished infuses the story with an optimism...
Brit Pop is still going strong, but to many, its heyday was the '60s--not just because of the Beatles but also because of stars like Mike Smith, the telegenic lead singer of the Dave Clark Five. The charismatic original British invader co-wrote some of the Five's biggest hits (Bits and Pieces; Glad All Over) and helped the group earn 12 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, more than any other British act. Paralyzed in a 2003 accident, Smith died of complications from a chest infection...
...game of make-believe took on an entirely new dimension in 1974 after E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created the cultish, fantasy-role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. In the mythic game--an immediate obsession for smart, geeky teenage boys everywhere--players adhere to complex rules while pretending to be wizards, warriors, elves and other medieval-era oddballs. The still popular D & D spawned TV shows, films and countless face-to-face and online imitators. Gygax, who had been in poor health...