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Wynn's ambitions command attention because he has scored one success after another, even if his first Las Vegas venture was a flop. At 25, he took money he had made in his family's bingo business in Maryland and invested $45,000 to purchase a 3% interest in the Frontier Hotel, where he became the slot manager. But several stockholders of the hotel turned out to be stand-ins for Detroit mobsters, and Wynn was forced to sell early. He was never accused of being anything but an innocent in the affair, and he did get something invaluable...
Although Harvard lost to second-seeded Bucknell, 11-2, and third-seeded Maryland, 13-2, in its first two contests, the Crimson defeated Princeton, 5-4, and Penn State, 15-3 to stay alive in the tournament...
...Maryland firm that offers tax advice has run ads that warn DON'T BE ZOED -- As in Zoe Baird, the nominee for Attorney General, forced to withdraw partly because of tax problems. Here's a lexicon of other names we hope will find their way into English...
Although the team hasn't been as consistent as it would like for much of this season, it has managed to pile up seven straight victories since early-season losses to powerhouses Princeton and Maryland...
Owners have been pleading poverty since Babe Ruth was hitting home runs for a Baltimore, Maryland, orphanage. The owners wailed that the sky was falling back in 1976, when the Major League Players Association -- then and now the most powerful union in sports -- first won the right for its members to become free agents and sell their services to the highest bidder after six years in the majors. But instead of all the stars flocking to New York City and Los Angeles, the law of unintended consequences prevailed: no World Champion has repeated since the 1977-78 Yankees...