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Last Thursday's heartbreaking loss to the Cougars--which eluded Harvard, 5-4, in a last-gasp comeback--and two run-away wins over Fresno State and Cal-Poly Pomona should serve as a welcome boost to the Crimson's confidence heading into Ivy League action which begins this week...
...himself: hardworking, aggressive, looking for the main chance. Tarkanian was born to working-class Armenian parents in Euclid, Ohio. His father died when he was 12, and the family moved to Pasadena, Calif., in the 1940s. Tarkanian was already planning a coaching career as an undergraduate at Fresno State university, and began working with high school teams while earning a master's degree in education from University of Redlands. He moved up to Riverside City College as head coach in 1961, spent seven seasons at the community-college level, then moved up to California State University, Long Beach...
California outlawed the purchase of semiautomatic guns as of Jan. 1, 1990, but those acquired before June 1989 could be kept if they were registered. The law seemed a big defeat for the NRA, as did a subsequent ruling by Federal Judge Edward Dean Price in Fresno. Dismissing the NRA challenge, Price ruled that the Constitution permits each state to impose its own restrictions on gun ownership. However, even though police may now seize the unregistered guns and charge their owners with a felony carrying up to a year in prison, the NRA may still win a victory by default...
...target of the progun groups was Democratic Assemblyman Bruce Bronzan of Fresno, a longtime gun owner who had been endorsed by the N.R.A. "The way the N.R.A. lobbies, there is no give of any kind," Bronzan says. "The people who called my office, who wrote letters, who lobbied my staff daily considered you anti-gun owner and anti-Constitution if you considered any strictures on ownership at all. You either had to agree with them 100% or you were against them." The tactic backfired, says Bronzan. "I received calls from lifelong N.R.A. members who felt annoyed that the N.R.A...
Harvard finished the tournament with a tough 12-8 loss Sunday to another top-20 team, the Fresno State Bulldogs...