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...many quarters, baseball was believed to be largely immune. In April 1988 the Los Angeles Times reported that America's pastime remained "essentially steroid-free." While Washington Post sportswriter Thomas Boswell would call Oakland slugger Jose Canseco "the most conspicuous example of a player who has made himself great with steroids" later that year, Canseco shrugged off the charge; he went on to be named American League MVP. (He would later admit to doping from as early as 1985, saying steroids in late-1980s and 1990s baseball were as common "as a cup of coffee...
...modern power elites thrive by forgetting any regrettable past. This amnesia is easy at Harvard, where the legal fiduciaries operate in secret and need not answer for their acts. They are the antipodes of the selfless institutional servants who built Harvard and other great American enterprises, and they bear close watching...
...Overall, I’m very, very impressed with our team’s effort this afternoon,” Crimson coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “It was an unusual game because of the Education Day and the noon tip-off, but it was a great atmosphere, and I’m proud of the way we started strong...
...think this is just a case of a young team gaining experience,” Delaney-Smith said. “It was never, ‘You guys played great at home, you’re not playing well on the road.’ There were a lot of other factors that contributed to that, and I think some of those are starting to come together...
...drive away quick [from traffic lights]," says Slym. "They don't like anyone to get in front of them so your transmission has to allow you to move away from the lights quickly, but also has to allow you to drive in traffic in second gear." (See GM's great hopes...