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Princeton, a loser this weekend to national powerhouses Duke and Virginia, awaits this Friday's matchup against Harvard with weighty Ivy stakes in the balance...
...Guyana (pop. 751,000) since 1953, when it was a British colony. He claims to have won several but says he was kept from serving out his mandates by British or American CIA machinations or by vote fraud. Last week he won yet another vote, and this time the loser, President Desmond Hoyte, urged Guyanans to accept the result and allow Jagan, who now supports free-market policies, to become head of state at last...
...TEST OF A NOVEL'S VALUE IS WHETHer it has relevance beyond its time. John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN (1937) meets that challenge. Its loser-heroes could be two of today's homeless horde searching for work, for value, for someone -- anyone -- who might find value in them. In Horton Foote's scrupulous new adaptation, John Malkovich is lumbering Lennie, whose frustrated tenderness crushes the things he would cherish; Gary Sinise is George, Lennie's protective pal; Sherilyn Fenn is the lonely wife held hostage by capricious fate. The credibility of their playing breaks through the familiar sanctity...
...industry will be helped by the continued consolidation. With fewer players, especially discounters, price wars are likely to come to an end. The loser, though, could end up being consumers, who will face higher prices and fewer bargains -- especially in hurricane country...
...Wheaton can wave the wand and create offense, the team has more than enough talent at the other positions to take it back to the ECAC tournament, where it was a firstround loser to James Madison last year...