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...talk of cops, like that of medical students and war correspondents, tends to be gruesome, outrageous and, in a brutal sort of way, funny. No doubt it gets slightly funnier when there is a civilian around whose leg can be pulled. Interviewer Mark Baker, however, clearly knows how to nod and outwait the baloney as he plays the journalist's strongest card, which is his knowledge that people have a powerful urge to explain themselves...
...forgo his just desserts, Youssef jumped into action. In a nod to Martin Luther, he tacked a page-long note up on his door, demanding the return of the cream-filled chocolate cakes...
Laine leaped 15.82 meters to the triple-jump victory and an All-Ivy nod. Hinson also earned the distinction for his second-place finish in the shot put, while freshman sensation Lindsey Scherf was awarded it for her second-place finish in the 5,000-meter...
Ogunwole was honored with a second team All-Ivy nod, while freshman Dominic DeNunzio (149 lbs.) and senior Eddie Jones (184 lbs.) were given honorable mentions...
...have knives but used rocks," he explains. "We didn't even know how to make fire." Jurubu, a soft-spoken man with close-cropped gray hair, high cheekbones and deeply inset eyes, looks to the 30 or so villagers sitting in a circle around him for confirmation. They nod and grunt assent, and he proceeds to talk about the time their shy ancestors hid themselves from the outside world in Liang Bua, a high-ceilinged cavern scooped out of a limestone hill about a kilometer away. Again a chorus of agreement. "Tell how Paju left the cave and married...