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True to form, the Crimson had some difficulty making the switch from sunny Dade county to southern New Jersey, and while junior righthander Andrew Duffell shook off offseason surgery to nail down a 6-3 win in the opener, classmate Garett Vail took it on the chin in a 10-2 loss in the nightcap...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Repeats as Ivy Champs, Upsets Tulane at Regionals | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...Kenneth Starr's crosshairs, after it was disclosed that Judge Norma Holloway Johnson had rejected Ginsburg's claim that Starr was obliged to honor a blanket-immunity deal that would have guaranteed her never having to get used to prison food. Lewinsky represents Starr's best chance to nail down a case of obstruction of justice against the President, a pattern of persuading associates to keep his secrets to themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Deal | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...reenacted the crime -- reportedly with a pumpkin standing in for Foster's head. Dan Burton is so afraid of catching AIDS that he brings his own scissors to the House barbershop and refuses to eat soup at public restaurants. But the man who will do or say anything to nail Bill Clinton suddenly has the worst problem a paranoiac can have: He keeps making more enemies. And they're not just Democrats anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fool On the Hill | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

...What does he feel he can say unequivocally about the shroud? "Based on medical evidence and other information, the image seems to be someone crucified in the manner of Christ." As opposed, he means, to the manner in which the Crucifixion has traditionally been depicted in Western art. "The nail wounds in the hands go through the wrists, not the palms," consistent with what little we now know about the gory practice in the Roman Empire of the 1st century. "And those are real blood flows," following laws of physiognomy that were unknown to doctors or painters either in Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science And The Shroud | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

Sophomore closer Mike Madden struck out four in one and one-third innings to nail down the win, earning his second save of the season and helping the Crimson close out a three-win road week-end to open the Ivy title defense...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Beats up on Big Red | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

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