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When Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada, purchased the Cup for $50 in 1893, he never anticipated that a goalie would use it as a popcorn bowl in a movie theater, like the New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur did over a century later. Stanley bought the Cup as a prize for the best amateur hockey club in Canada. The NHL took control of it in 1926, but the tradition of abuse started at the outset. In 1905, a member of the Ottawa Silver Seven drop-kicked the Cup into a canal. The boys kept the party going...
...London Ignoble Exit Michael Martin became the first Speaker of the British House of Commons in 300 years to be ousted, resigning May 19 amid an outcry over his attempt to block London's Daily Telegraph from publishing details of lawmakers' expense-account abuses. So far, 80 members of Parliament have been singled out for absurd write-offs, from porn to diapers...
...Peace in Somerville, Mass. in November 1959.After leaving Harvard, Ostriker earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago then spent a year as a post-doc at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, Ostriker worked with the likes of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and current president of the Royal Society Martin Rees.“I said to my wife, ‘Gee they all seem very clever over here, but I subsequently realized that it was a very special time,” Ostriker said.From Cambridge he moved to Princeton University, where he spent 16 years as the chairman...
Senior Kaitlin Martin was a close runner-up behind Halpern in the goal count, tallying 39. Flood scored 21 goals alongside her 16 assists this season. Junior Delia Pais led the defense throughout the season, picking up 29 ground balls this spring...
...Kedge Martin, the CEO of Sentebale, says the recession presents challenges for all charities, and denies that Sentebale has been hit especially hard. "We're a strong and robust organization," she says. "The focus for that bank year had been to expand our work on the ground and to reach out to even more children and families. There wasn't a focus on fund raising...