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...young Steve--the defining epiphany of his youth--was Disneyland, which opened near his family's home in 1955. In the book, Martin describes the park's kitsch splendor with the rapture of Marco Polo on first seeing China. There, he quickly located two mentors: Jim Barlow, performing sleight of hand at Merlin's Magic Shop, and at the Golden Horseshoe Revue, Wally Boag, a comic who made funny balloon animals. From them came the raw material for Martin...
...can’t win.”The parity around the league is not the only cause for optimism. Harvard has a strong nucleus returning. Four of the five starters from the end of the season are back. Losing last year’s captain and leading scorer Jim Goffredo ’07 will hurt, but Lin is ready to step into his spot. Harris and Housman are both All-Ivy caliber players, and the influx of three talented freshmen and maturation of a strong group of sophomores should provide the Crimson with a strong bench.Another factor...
...rising stars to provide the offensive output needed to compete in the Ivy League. This season, juniors Drew Housman and Evan Harris will be counted on for an inside-outside presence. Their emergence is even more crucial with the graduation in last year’s leading scorer, Jim Goffredo ’07, and center Brian Cusworth ’06-’07, whose eligibility expired midway through last season. Housman has already proven his scoring and overall playmaking ability, ranking in the top 10 in the Ancient Eight in points, field-goal percentage, and assists last...
...Americans as uncivilized, reducing them to a ridiculous archetype. His performance also featured a “traditional” dance that was actually exaggerated for the crowd’s benefit. When Native American ways are embellished or altered to entertain the masses, the descriptor “Jim Crow” leaps to mind sooner than “honor...
...Jim Spinelli, executive director of Hailey's Chamber of Commerce, insists there is no grassroots pro-pot movement and expressed surprise that three of four pro-pot measures passed: legalizing medical marijuana and decriminalizing both marijuana itself and industrial hemp. (The only measure that failed asked for a straight-out legalization of marijuana.) A town of 8,500, Hailey is 12 miles from the Sun Valley ski area. When Spinelli worked Tuesday's election, he says he saw a lot of older affluent voters and young people from the service sector. In Idaho, being under the influence...