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...Spartans took the match and the Invitational title.HARVARD 3, WOFFORD 1When four players record kill statistics in the double digits, good things are bound to follow.That was the case in the first matchup of Saturday’s play in the Invitational, which pitted Wofford against the hometown Crimson. After splitting the first two games against the Terriers, Harvard rallied to secure a 3-1 victory (30-22, 25-30, 30-16, 30-18).“The setters were really doing such a fantastic job tricking the blockers,” Mahon said. “Giving...
Exactly one year ago, the Vatican press corps set out from Rome on a papal trip that wasn't expected to produce major headlines. Yes, Pope Benedict XVI was visiting his native Bavaria on the Sept. 9-14 voyage, and there would be photo opportunities from his small riverside hometown and the university where he'd once taught theology. We now know, of course, that his Sept. 12, 2006, visit to his old teaching haunt, the University of Regensberg, would become the stage for the most significant moment of Benedict's papacy thus far. The provocative lecture about faith...
...announcement of a special Italian government prize for Luciano Pavarotti is the clearest sign to date that the ailing opera legend is indeed fighting for his life. Diagnosed last year with pancreatic cancer, Pavarotti, 71, spent much of August in the hospital in his hometown of Modena, and rumors about his condition - both dire diagnoses and reports of miraculous recoveries - have swirled all summer in the Italian gossip press. But when Italy's Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli on Tuesday said that Pavarotti would be awarded the first-ever "Excellence in Italian Culture" prize, he spoke solemnly of the bearded tenor...
...fell in love with the game at age 5 after watching Serbian-American Monica Seles play on TV, but she and Jankovic both had to practice in an abandoned indoor swimming pool in downtown Belgrade for lack of other facilities. Both were also kids when U.S. planes bombed their hometown in the campaign to drive Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic out of Kosovo back in 1999. At her parent's request, Ivanovic practised in the early morning to avoid the bombing runs. Jankovic was playing junior tournaments in Europe at the time and had to take a seven-hour train ride...
Carl also turned Viking into a redevelopment project for his hometown. Since 1989, every Viking has been made in Greenwood at the cavernous 230,000-sq.-ft. (21,700 sq m) facility near downtown. Hundreds of Greenwoodians man the assembly line to press, spray, mold and piece together massive stacks of stainless steel into an endless variety of cooking appliances to fill orders from distributors in 80 countries. Viking makes 24 in.-to -60 in. (60 cm to 150 cm) gas ranges with 17 different configurations in 14 different finishes, including stainless steel, cobalt blue and mint julep. Just...