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Another Cup tradition - engraving the names of players, coaches, and executives from each winning team on the trophy, which is now almost three feet tall, and weighs nearly 35 pounds - offers more opportunities for misadventure. With so many names, misspellings are inevitable. Still, it's pretty difficult to explain how the Toronto Maple Leaes, not Maple Leafs, won the 1963 championship, or how the New York Ilanders, not Islanders, took home the 1981 trophy. And what's with the 16 "Xs" under the 1983-1984 Edmonton Oilers? No, they don't refer to the nocturnal fetishes of Messier, who starred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stanley Cup | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...more easily exchanged, lessons can be learned, and students can interact directly with board members. Additionally, in a smaller and more private location than the Forum room of Lamont Library—currently the venue for these appearances—students won’t have to explain to curious friends in the Lamont Café, exposed to the rest of the student body, that they are formally dressed and upset because they are to attend an Ad Board hearing...

Author: By Donald H. Pfister and Matthew L. Sundquist | Title: Ad Board Reviewed and Modified | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...also advocated government ownership of parks so that open space and natural beauty can be enjoyed “by generations not yet born.” Unlike many Republicans today, he not only opposed well-intentioned yet harmful laws and regulations but was also able to clearly explain why market laws are preferable to some government pursuits (without instinctively accusing it of being socialistic...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: One Country, One Party | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...help that after he asked about a second date, Donahue told him that she’d go on another date with him even if she didn’t actually want to. “I don’t know why I felt the need to explain that, but I did actually want to go out with him again,” said Donahue, a psychology concentrator. Donahue said she was surprised Mancuso recognized her on their second date—she had cut 20 inches of her hair off and gotten her ears pierced in the days...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Emily D. Donahue ’09 and Greg J. Mancuso | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...short circuit, we can conclude it was a rather serious one," he says. "But in the case of an A330, even the most serious type of short circuit - known as an emergency electrical configuration - is something absolutely manageable for a trained team. So at this time I cannot explain the exact reasons for this tragedy, if it is indeed confirmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Brought Down Air France Flight 447? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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