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...city mayor is in his second term in office, having resigned in 1984 after pleading no contest to assaulting his estranged wife's boyfriend with a fireplace log, an ashtray and a lighted cigarette. He became a local talk-radio host before returning to office in 1991 with a margin of 317 votes (out of 47,000). Today his job-approval rating stands at 63%, according to the most recent Brown University poll, though half of those surveyed think he's guilty of at least some of the 29 felony counts on which he has been indicted. Cianci dismisses that...
...that investors have shown they are willing to overlook the bad climate when specific company fundamentals improve. Last week tech giant Cisco reported a quarterly profit that was 1[cent] a share better than expected--and the market soared for a day. Especially encouraging were Cisco's wider profit margin and depleted inventory. But it will take a drumbeat of such news to turn around negative market psychology...
...named to the All-Northeast Region Second Team, three of them coming from Ivy champion Princeton. The Tigers lost to Minnesota, 2-1, yesterday in their first NCAA appearance in six years. They were, however, the first Ivy team to avoid losing their NCAA opener by a mercy-rule margin since Brown...
After tri-captain Sarah Koppel reached base because of catcher interference, Goldberg, Williamson, and pinch hitter Cecily Gordon each singled and ultimately scored for the final margin of victory...
...women’s side, Harvard placed fourth. Cornell won the meet by a stunning 187-109 margin over second-place Brown...