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...Crimson used five pitchers in all. Only Matt Brunnig, who provided ninth-inning relief with the team behind 14-4, converted a 1-2-3 inning during the game. Not once Friday night did Harvard down all three Titans in a single inning...
...until a Harvard rally loaded the bases in the top of the ninth did a Crimson baserunner advance as far as second base...
...firms, was still pursuing what it calls "Operation Treasure Ship." Unocal, some at CNOOC think, fits perfectly into China's fervent effort to secure new oil and gas supplies to fuel its surging economy. Within the next month, CNOOC may make a counteroffer for Unocal, the world's ninth-largest oil company. If it does-and the possibility was the hotly debated topic at the Chinese company's Hong Kong board meeting last week-it would mark the first major takeover fight between a U.S. company and a Chinese competitor...
...Nick fantasizes about getting sympathy hugs from the cute girl with braces against a setting sun, complete with puppy dog at their side. The book culminates in a true-life sports cliche as Nick goes up to bat for the team down by one in the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded and two outs in the championship game. Unlike fiction, the outcome makes little difference as Nick's father dies anyway, leaving Nick feeling deeply angry. In the book's preface, Nick Jeffrey wonders if this isn't the only "good" story he will ever tell. I doubt...
...Radcliffe second varsity claimed third in the petite finals—ninth overall—and the varsity four took sixth in the petite finals, good for 12th overall...