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...injured in an auto accident. The border-patrol officers--on orders from Washington--have refused to take them onto the hospital property after taking them into custody. Instead, the officers have called an ambulance for the injured. If the officers were to arrive at the hospital to make their drop-off, then the border patrol (make that the U.S. government) would be responsible for paying the medical bill. And that's something the Federal Government (make that Congress) will not do. Instead, the government stiffs Dickson, 56, the genial CEO of the Copper Queen, a hospital that dates back...
...They wanted me to be on the fourth line and finish all my hits and checks, and I did, so I could play and help the team.”Spending the majority of his time harassing the other team’s skaters, Murphy saw a significant drop-off in his offensive production. As a freshman, he scored three goals and added five assists. The following year, he tallied a mere three points.But the power forward kept skating hard and finishing hits, never complaining.“That’s what a team is,” Murphy...
...this year as Byerly Hall netted 22,719 applications for a spot in the Class of 2010.The College received 77 fewer applications than last year, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. The slight decrease in total applicants follows a larger drop-off in last November’s Early Action pool.In an interview, Fitzsimmons tied the figures to last year’s 15 percent increase in total applications. “I think usually when you have one big increase there is a tendency to level...
...slanted sheets of rain. Phone calls from the Lorraine to Lawson in Mason Temple verified that the crowd indeed was thin--perhaps fewer than 2,000 in the huge hall that had packed seven times that many for King's visit on March 18. He feared the sharp drop-off would invite belittling stories of a downward trend for him, along with the riot and new federal injunction. "Ralph," said King, "I want you to go speak for me tonight...
...paperless society that communicates in an abbreviated, computer-generated style," says Debbie Gordon, founder of Snappy Auctions in Nashville, Tenn., "many people are drawn to the attention to detail in penmanship, expression and beauty of paper that reveals a slower way of life." And eBay, along with eBay drop-off centers for those who don't want to run an auction themselves, has made selling ephemera easier than ever...