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...will undoubtedly seek out any advantage possible, legal or otherwise. Pitchers’ use of suntan lotion (the sport kind, so that it doesn’t accidentally irritate the eyes), shaving cream and even the trainer’s sticky pre-wrap spray is a daily practice. In minor league baseball the use of foreign substances is not taboo; it’s just illegal. The substance of choice is ultimately applied to the middle and index fingers of the throwing hand in order to get a better “feel” for the baseball and also...
...know the planets aren’t properly aligned when Harvard football loses two in a row to the Tigers. The last time that happened? Well, let’s just say that I was eight years old, Seinfeld was just hitting its prime, and Michael Jordan was a minor league baseball player...
...street. There was some concern about crime. There are two differences that I think deserve to be put in front. The concern about population growth is very much a contemporary thing, really gaining a lot of momentum in the 1960s and growing thereafter. In 1915 [it] was really pretty minor. There were a handful of intellectuals who worried about the numbers and pressure on the environment, but the country was much more thinly settled then. The environmental movement was pretty young. We today have 300 million and ought to be asking how many Americans is best for America...
James Dyson--inventor, self-promoter and Britain'smost famous vacuum salesman--constantly seeks minor irritations. If the batteries in your hand vacuum go dead just when you need it, you plug it in to recharge and grab a broom, right? Not Dyson. If pet hair clogs the vac and ruins its suction, you open it and clear it out. Dyson embarks on a research project. To him, these issues aren't minor, and they're not irritations. They're business opportunities...
...Dartmouth on Saturday night. The two teams combined for 62 penalty minutes, including 24 in the third period. Sophomore forward Steve Rolecek netted the game-winner for Harvard, one-timing a pass from the endboards from captain Dylan Reese at 4:19 of the third period. After committing three minor penalties and failing to register a shot on goal for the initial six minutes of the game, the Crimson discovered its rhythm in the second half of the first period. Although Harvard did not score on either of its two power play opportunities, Reese put the Crimson on the board...