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...week after the ambush, Maupin appeared in a videotape surrounded by masked men. In the summer of 2004, an al-Jazeera broadcast purportedly showed his execution, but Pentagon officials said they couldn't be sure it was authentic. So his family - and the Maupins' hometown of Batavia, just east of Cincinnati - has kept a vigil for Matt ever since. A Pentagon official confirmed that Maupin's remains had been found last week, and that DNA testing confirmed his identity...
Maybe not, but Geschwindner can. He developed the formulas 13 years ago in his hometown of W�rzburg when he began working with a lanky 16-year-old named Dirk Nowitzki, voted Most Valuable Player of the NBA in 2007. Through their work, Geschwindner found that most players shoot the ball on too flat an arc. "The higher the arc, the better, but you can go too high. The optimum is around 60�," he says...
...Denchira, I draw from my childhood memories in rural Georgia. I know that when farmers are ill, their families and communities suffer as well. I'm also aware that proper health care is a basic human right, thanks to the superb treatment I received at a clinic in my hometown of Plains and the abiding example of my mother Lillian. A registered nurse, she taught me that lesson every time she ministered, free of charge when necessary, to any person, black or white, in the segregated South of my youth...
House: Dunster Concentration: Social Studies Hometown: Galloway, N.J. Ideal Date: Catching an early movie so you can sneak into two more afterwards What do you look for in a girl/guy: Willingness to aid and abet Where to find you on a Saturday night: Raging at a co-op party with my “Go Getta” T-shirt on Your best pick up line: I’ve just moved you to the top of my ‘to do’ list Best or worst lie you’ve ever told...
...sophomore Erik Kuld’s hometown, you can find ice hockey rinks and maple trees in every neighborhood. Snowy days are just as common as sunny ones and the temperature averages below 50 degrees seven months of the year.Let’s just say Toronto isn’t your typical beach town.That, however, doesn’t seem to bother Kuld. He has spent his last five summers playing beach volleyball on the banks of Lake Ontario.Kuld, an outside hitter on the Harvard men’s volleyball team, started playing beach volleyball after his freshman year...