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DIED. CORETTA SCOTT KING, 78, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who, after his murder on the balcony of a Memphis, Tenn., motel in April 1968, hid her grief, shielded her four children from the media and immediately took up his campaign for racial equality--eventually becoming one of the most revered figures of the modern civil rights movement; of cancer, at a hospital in Rosarito Beach, Mexico. In the days after King's death, she appeared at protests to echo his message and calm enraged supporters. Later she led a 15-year push that succeeded...
...hard—now we need to play a little smarter,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “We are not satisfied, but you take a lot of positives out of a week like this.” For the second straight game, freshman Brittany Martin got the nod in goal with no back-up as senior Ali Boe remained sidelined with her concussion. Martin’s athletic style paid dividends for Harvard (10-7-4, 7-3-4 ECAC) as she stopped 44 shots en route to the tie. Martin saved the game...
...conference schedule. Both squads generated a fair share of looks at the net throughout the contest, but the dueling goaltenders were equal to the challenge, each pitching shutouts for 65 minutes. On the Harvard side, it was a fresh face between the pipes, with freshman Brittany Martin starting in place of concussed regular Ali Boe. Martin stopped 32 shots on the night, including five during a busy overtime period. Her counterpart, Bears sophomore O’Hara Shipe, finished with 45 saves. “It was a great hockey game,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said...
...below near the top of mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, New York, and U.S. lugers Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin are wearing skintight racing suits, perched atop a 60-cm-wide sled. Martin sits behind Grimmette, legs straddling his teammate. "I've got no traction on my feet," yells Martin. Grimmette, like a longtime nanny, instantly wipes them down with his gloves. The pair, teammates for 10 years, alternate deep breaths. "All right, be aggressive," says Grimmette. "Yup," replies Martin. With that, the U.S.'s best-ever Olympic luge team shoots from the starting block. Now supine...
...documentary’s most harrowing scenes occurs at a weapons trade show. Representatives from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and a swarm of other arms companies routinely host such shows, during which they hawk their killing wares to Pentagon officials and military advisers. The atmosphere of these events is no different than that of a boat or auto show, down to the balloon-sculpting clowns and stage magicians...