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Nevertheless, Harvard's racket wizards were on fire at the Rolex National Indoor championships in Minneapolis, Minn.--making their best showing since 1983--with freshman Erika DeLone and senior Mike Zimmerman falling only in the late rounds...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Shines at Nationals | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...BAKKER knows a vice when he sees it. The convicted preacher has kept busy in the Rochester, Minn., slammer by exhorting fellow prisoners to quit smoking. And he gets results. Prison officials say Bakker, who co-founded the eight-day smoking-cessation program in May 1990, used his "inspirational and motivational" skills to help 116 of the first 125 "students" throw away the packs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Got a Calling After All | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

...Melanson, Mont 3 0.36 3-0-0 Roussel, Phi 4 1.40 2-2-0 Roy, Mont 10 1.93 5-3-1 Malarchuk, Buff 6 2.14 3-2-1 McLean, Vanc 11 2.31 8-2-1 Casey, Minn 8 2.39 5-3-0 Whitmore, Hart 9 2.42 5-3-1 Joseph, St. L 7 2.54 2-13 Essensa, Winn 5 2.73 3-1-1 Vernon, Calg 10 2.88 6-3-1 Delguidice, Bost 4 2.91 0-2-1 Beauregard, Winn 5 2.96 2-2-1 V'biesbrouck, NYR 7 3.00 4-3-0 Ing, Edm 3 3.04 0-2-0 Terreri...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCORECARD | 10/30/1991 | See Source »

...amount of planning and forethought can prevent the occasional nightmare. Last June, Greg Davis, 34, an Elk River, Minn., florist, arrived in New Delhi to adopt a baby girl. He expected to end his 2 1/2-year quest for a child in a week's time. But a small Indian newspaper suddenly published a report declaring that Davis' prospective daughter was being purchased for organ donations abroad. The charge was outrageous, but local lawyers filed suit to prevent Davis from taking custody of the child. After spending two months and $4,500 in legal battles, Davis returned to Minnesota empty-handed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Abroad to Find a Baby | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...with a conviction that, as with pornography, they know it when they see it. The ugly realities of many American workplaces give the legal language its vividness. There is, for instance, the case of Edith Magee, who worked a shovel and drove a dump truck for the St. Paul, Minn., sewage department. "There was always this implied threat that if they didn't like you, they would use their authority to get you in trouble," she says of her supervisors. Her employer settled her case for $75,000 but denied any wrongdoing. "I knew when I walked into the lunchroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Office Crimes | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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