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...Edwards suspects she's better prepared than most, because she's already faced down death, not only with her first bout of cancer but also with the loss of her 16-year-old son Wade 11 years ago in a car accident. "When you lose a child through an accident," she says, "you discover that you only have an illusion of control over your own fate. I've already let go of that myth, and that makes this process a lot easier...
...many runs an individual batsman will make, how he will get out, when he will get out. This so-called spread or spot betting means games can be tampered with, if not completely rigged. Did Woolmer discover something untoward in the shock defeat to Ireland or the earlier loss to the West Indies that could have led to a confrontation and his death? Could he have been about to make some revelation about match fixing from his time with South Africa (he left before Cronje's admissions) and Pakistan in a book he was writing? His wife and the book...
Harvard will try to bounce back from the disappointing loss on Friday when it faces UC Davis...
DENVER—A spring break trip west got wild in a hurry for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team on Tuesday afternoon, as the Crimson was undone by the unfamiliar Mile High air and the No. 15 Denver women in a 20-7 loss to the Pioneers in front of 144 fans at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium...
...slavery, and Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, a white Tennessean, just introduced a resolution for a national apology in the U.S. House that reads, in part, "African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow - long after both systems were formally abolished - through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity...