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Then there's freshman pitcher Marchok who picked up his second save with three near-perfect innings yesterday. Marchok faced nine batters and erased his only mistake when he picked off James Adams who had just slapped a one-out pinch-hit single in the seventh...
...expected near-perfect largely to a reordered priority list which took effect this year, placing transfer above some other categories of students waiting for on-campus housing, said Assistant Dean of the College Thomas A. Dingman...
...WOULD BE UNFAIR to place any one of William Trevor's novels alongside his collected stories on the reviewer's rostrum; for there is a breadth of scope and achievement in this collection, a complex structure of "development," on compassing many near-perfect stories, that is bound to overshadow the specific range of a single novel. Fools of Fortune, while it is engrossing stuff like virtually everything Trevor writes, takes on too great a task in too little space. ranging over the years 1918 to 1983, including a story of doomed love between an Irishman and his English cousin...
Despite warm and balmy weather which helped create near-perfect conditions, the Radcliffe varsity lightweights crew, national collegiate champions, was beaten by the Smith College eight in its first and toughest race of the season. The rowers attributed the loss to the lack of experience racing as a crew, as the boats had only been established two days prior to the race. They're favored, through in upcoming races against B.U., Dartmouth and Brown...
...eight-year Senate record bears out this philosophy. His rating from the American Civil Liberties Union is the highest in the Senate. His voting record on women's issues is impeccable, earning him a near-perfect rating from the National Women's Political Caucus. He is unswervingly pro-choice, pro-ERA, and has recently, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), been pushing a "pay equality" proposal to establish comparable pay for comparable work. He gets high ratings from consumer and conservation lobby groups. Hart's "party unity" rating in 1981 was one of the highest among Senate Democrats...