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Henkel entered the weekend as one of the hottest pitchers in baseball, having struck out sixteen batters in six innings in his last outing against Bradley. He managed to duplicate this feat against the Crimson, fanning sixteen in seven innings of work...
...John McCain suspended his presidential campaign, the telephone number at his Arizona mountain retreat became the hottest 10 digits in politics. Callers ranged from Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who refrained (for the moment) from begging McCain to launch an independent bid, to George W. Bush, who awkwardly thanked McCain for his gracious exit without daring to ask for the endorsement the Senator had so pointedly withheld. But the ones who dialed en masse were the would-be peacemakers--the Bush emissaries, McCain intermediaries and unallied freelance negotiators--trying to save the Republican Party by brokering a postprimary reconciliation. Party chairman...
...today Harvard is the hottest spot for transfers. The eight former Deep Springers in the Classes of 2000 and 2001 are the largest chunk of graduates at any college...
...everything is fun and games on MTV's hottest show--sometimes the group has to deal with real-life situations. This week, Puck gives his new girlfriend "Vicky" the pinkeye and must deal with the consequences. Somebody better call a house meeting...
...long ago left his horse-and-buggy home for Seoul, where he holds the reins of one of Asia's hottest Internet start-ups. Last October, he and partners Hans Tung of Taiwan and Chih Cheung of New York launched Helloasia.com an e-commerce and community portal with $20 million of venture capital. Helloasia.com is a kind of frequent-flyer program for Asia's Net surfers. The more you spend at its e-commerce site on items like CDs, travel tickets and computers, the more points you receive toward free gifts. The idea is to promote "stickiness," the ability...