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...sort of the coolest tournament to say you've won--it's the one the most people have heard of," Deleon said. "The guys you fight in the Golden Gloves are a lot meaner than the guys you fight here [at Harvard...
...crawl space. One cop fires orange paint, others rubber bullets. Searles shoots self-propelled flash-bang rockets. It may not seem so, but the "eviction" was meant kindly. California law permits the killing of bears caught in private homes. Folks in Mammoth Lakes, however, prefer a "bear spanking." "The meaner I can be," says Searles, who developed this kinder if not gentler approach, "the longer he'll live...
...YORK--It was Aussie Rules tennis at the U.S. Open yesterday, and Patrick Rafter had by far the bigger, meaner game...
...adapted from his novel Stray Dogs. The movie dwells in the dry heat of Superior, Ariz., a town halfway between Phoenix and Hades. As Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) speeds through in his '64-and-a-half Mustang convertible, a vulture picks at the carcass of a canine that looks meaner than the bird; even the victims here wear a scowl. That's Bobby: a part-time tennis player, full-time weasel who kicks cats and isn't much nicer to humans...
...Johnson gave up halfway with an injury. But the battle didn't stop there. "He didn't pull up," said Bailey afterward. "He's a coward." Johnson's manager then accused Bailey's team of trying to injure his prize runner. Bailey apologized for his barbs, but they seemed meaner after Johnson pulled out of the national championships because of the injury. No wonder people only care about running events once every four years...