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Autumn generally visits Cuba early, and Harriet had lighted a fire against the chill by the time the women arrived at her place to nail down September's issue. From 1915 until it closed four years ago, Harriet's place was called Young's Hotel. Built by her father John Young, it is hand-hewn pine and stucco, rough planks, notched banisters, Navajo blankets and deer heads on the walls--a set for any movie that goes by the name of Stagecoach. It had 16 rooms to let upstairs above the dusty front desk, rooms you let yourself into...
...deciding point, however, was extremely difficult to nail down. Playing first singles, Bergman took a demanding first set from Ramona But 6-2, but then appeared to tire, dropping the second set 6-2 and falling behind in the third. At second doubles, Ivy Player of the Year Lingman had trouble with Marianne Baker, falling in a 7-6 tiebreak in the first set. Likewise, at fourth singles, Elsa O’Riain dropped her first set in a tiebreak to Neda Mihneva and was losing in the second...
...tricky, though, to nail down what states are spending because of No Child--and what they would have spent anyway to live up to their own laws. School districts don't break down the costs that way--and many of them are prone to exaggeration. In any case, the testing required by No Child is not all that pricey, but other requirements--to increase teacher training and offer after-school tutoring to children who are struggling...
...last at-bat the Crimson gave McAteer more of a cushion as she prepared to nail down the win. Senior Lauren Stefanchik delivered a two-out single with runners on second and third. Sophomore Susie Winkeller, 2-for-2 with a walk for the game, scored on the play...
Stopping short of calling the three-run blast “the nail in the coffin,” Vance called the home run “the back breaker.” When he came back onto the field to see that the Crimson was down 6-1, he couldn’t help but be a little pessimistic...