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Harvard assistant offensive line coach Jim Turner has worked wonders with the Crimsons extremely effective offensive line. Despite losing All-Ivy lineman Mike Clare 01, this year the O-line returned four seniors and looked better this Saturday than they did the year before. The four seniorsDanny Kistler, Steve Collins, Jason Hove and Justin Starkaverage 260 lbs. and all have starting experience...
...carted from the field. The next day turned out to be even hotter and more humid. Some of Stringer's teammates reportedly teased him about a newspaper photo that caught him doubled over with exhaustion the day before. "I'll show them!" the 335-lb. offensive lineman must have figured. He turned in what was by all accounts a stellar performance, although he vomited three times. Then Stringer collapsed; he was able to walk off the field into an air-conditioned trailer. He then had trouble breathing, and was rushed to the hospital...
...Poland from 1970-1980 whose attempts to liberalize the economy plunged the country into debt and ignited the discontent that led to the creation of the Solidarity movement; in Cieszyn, Poland. DIED. KOREY STRINGER, 27, Minnesota Vikings football player who collapsed during training; from heatstroke, in Mankato, Minnesota. The lineman was a first-round draft pick and famously generous. When he was selected for the Pro Bowl, Stringer signed over his check to buy equipment for his high-school team. DIED. BERTIE FELSTEAD, 106, last known surviving member of the World War I British battalion that left the trenches...
...shared frustrations of doing business among the corruption and cronyism of Laos. One expat, on the condition of anonymity, says: "If you want to get anything achieved here, you have to pay everyone involved. If you want a phone line installed, you bribe the clerk, the manager and the lineman. And even then it probably won't work...
First, even the good, clean fun can still get out of hand. A night out to Bern's Steakhouse for some fifty-dollar steaks, a vintage Chateau Lafitte, and their world-famous decadent desserts can quickly cripple even the heartiest lineman, as well as putting a dent into the kids' college fund. Alright, well, maybe not a big dent for the blue-chip athletes, but a dent nonetheless...