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...Frank peppered his talk with wisecracks, joking that he was the “opening act” for “Blood Frenzy”—the horror movie the theater was showing after the talk—and complaining about the malfunctioning microphone’s “liberal electronics...
...Frank occasionally turned to recent news, noting that Barack Obama was his state senator in Illinois and praising him as appropriate for the current political environment. But he qualified his comment by describing himself as pessimistic about Obama’s ability to change the way Washington works...
...Frank described the current financial crisis as being “made unavoidable by a philosophy of government that regards business as its only constituent.” And while he stated that the Bush administration’s $700 billion figure for a bailout came “out of Paulson’s ass,” refering to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, he conceded that the government must still take action...
What hasn’t happened for the Lafayette football team, however, is beating the Harvard Crimson on the gridiron since its 17-7 victory in 1996. Tomorrow, head coach Frank Tavani will lead his squad against the visiting Crimson (1-1, 0-1 Ivy League), hoping to come out on top for the first time in his nine-year tenure. Not surprisingly, the Leopards enter this game with a chip on their shoulder...
Recent years have seen a handful of Harvard standouts drafted into the professional ranks—the most successful being Frank Hermann ’06, who in just his third season in the minors was promoted to Cleveland’s AAA affiliate in Buffalo in July. Hermann saw his velocity rise by a few miles per hour after college, and Walsh suggests that the same thing could happen to Haviland with the transfer to warmer weather. If his one-time ace is going to ascend the ranks, though, he’ll live and die with his curveball...