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Rounding out the front court is sophomore Shana Franklin, a 6’0 forward/guard who epitomizes Harvard’s versatility. With her height she can take the ball down low and score from the post. But with her shooting touch, she can drain it from beyond the arc. In her freshman year, she went 11-for-29 (38 percent) from three-point land...
Then we have the estimable Michigan Daily publishing an uncharacteristically groundless editorial entitled “Yost isn’t toast” last Monday, claiming Berenson’s “attempts to pressure students to end the chants are misplaced and would drain much of the joy from one of the greatest experiences in all of athletics...
...growing number of retired workers. As companies or whole industries downsize, their work forces are becoming smaller than the population of retirees they are supporting, a situation that has led to soaring medical costs. General Motors now has one U.S. worker supporting 2.5 retirees, leading to a massive drain on profits. Because of such pressure, company-sponsored medical care for retirees is becoming rarer. In 1993, 43% of firms offered medical coverage to retirees who weren't eligible for Medicare. The figure last year was 34%, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting...
...hope we can get over the period of pouring perfectly good French wine down the drain and calling the French names on David Letterman,” he said...
...answer, then, is right in front of us. Of course, some of those poor kids drain their academic abilities while prostrate in front of the TV. If Harvard students want to remain smarter, more articulate and better at everything, then they should stay cable-free...