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Sophomore Peter Egan explained that he had a "pretty decent chance" of making the U.S. Olympic team during the June trials. Ranked ninth in the nation in the 200-meter butterfly, he would have to be one of only two chosen for the event. "It's a big step, but not out of the question...
Holland, in the ninth, retired the Orioles in order, getting Cal Ripken Jr., Eddie Murray and pinch hitter Gary Roenicke...
Today's vote will narrow to two a field of eight candidates, with the survivors meeting in a November run-off. A ninth contender, Robert R. Kiley, withdrew from the race last month, but his name will appear on the ballot...
Southie is also the only district school that requires all ninth-graders to study a foreign language. In addition to a mandatory English course, ninth-and tenth-graders must take a reading and writing workshop that continues hi the eleventh and twelfth grades if the student does not do well. Daily attendance rates have risen 14% in the past year. Says Winegar: "You don't change a school with programs. You change a school with philosophy. We want to help young people battle their way into the mainstream...
...curse of Cassandra-to speak terrible truths but not to be believed-is a burden of Fools of Fortune. Trevor's ninth and most despairing novel covers half a century of Irish troubles. One of the characters even loses the gift of speech. She is the daughter of an Irish father and an English mother whose forced separation suggests the rift between their closely related countries. The child, Imelda, is even more symbolic of the price exacted by violence and hatred. Rendered mute and autistic by horror, she is a pathetic representative of the past, present and future. Says...