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Harvard has now won five out of its last six contests and has guaranteed itself at least a .500 record in non-conference play with just Boston College remaining on the schedule before Ivy League play kicks into full gear...
Giant waves have washed away the school playground and destroyed $100,000 worth of boats, hunting gear and fish-drying racks. The remnants of multimillion-dollar seawalls, broken up by the tides, litter the beach. "It's scary," says village official Luci Eningowuk. "Every year we agonize that the next storm will wipe...
...King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vt., and author of A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes (Wiley; 432 pages). "If we look at breads as individuals rather than as this generic 'Oh, it's all bread,' then we start to gradually learn their characteristics. We can then gear our efforts toward getting the correct dough for each style of bread...
Looking for inspiration to get yourself off the couch and into the gym? You may be in luck. British designer Stella McCartney has teamed up with Adidas on a new line of athleticwear for women. There's gear for running, swimming and training, with apparel prices ranging from $35 for low-rider swimsuit bottoms to $210 for a reversible warm-up jacket, all in McCartney's familiar palette of dusty pinks, shimmering grays and sandy yellows. The first collection hits Adidas sports shops and select Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom stores in February. So turn off the tube and get ready...
...WorldCom/MCI, for rival telecom firm Sprint. Some were not impressed during the hearings. "Coming in as an antitrust novice is a very tough exercise," says David Wood, a Brussels-based lawyer for Howrey Simon Arnold & White, "but it was a lame performance. She has to pick up a gear or two." - By Peter Gumbel In Need Of A Remedy Shares in Merck plunged almost 27% in a day's trading after the U.S. pharma firm withdrew its Vioxx arthritis drug due to fears that it put users at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. The painkiller generated...