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DIED. MILDRED BENSON, 96, original author of the bestselling Nancy Drew mystery novels, written under the pen name Carolyn Keene; in Toledo, Ohio. Benson set the series' tone, offering girls a heroine sleuth with brains, courage and a cute boyfriend. Her editor later claimed authorship of the books--saying she had outlined the plots and heavily edited the manuscripts--thus creating another mystery. But Benson was not irked. "I'm so sick of Nancy Drew," she once said, "I could vomit...
...broad learning and boundless intellectual curiosity, of impeccable integrity, of impish wit and gently clever pen,” said Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans...
Armed with my notebook, pen and press pass, I have spent the past four years exploring Harvard College. And I am truly weirded out. I’ve talked to folks who wear shorts all winter long, a professor who spends the half an hour prior to each lecture prepping “to get hyped up and get the adrenaline pumping,” two students who hope to open a restaurant that will serve only pudding, a guy who actually framed his “suitable-for-framing” Harvard acceptance certificate, and quite a few members...
...DIED. MILDRED WIRT BENSON, 96, creator of the eponymous teenage sleuth of the Nancy Drew series, penned under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene; in Toledo, Ohio. Benson spent 58 years as a news-paperwoman and wrote more than 130 books, though none reached the heights of popularity achieved by the Drew series. Benson wrote 23 of the first 30 Drew stories, with the rest by hired writers. DIED. HANSIE CRONJE, 32, former captain of South Africa's cricket team who was banned from the game for life in 2000 for his role in a match-fixing scandal, in a plane crash...
...witnesses have dried up - the usual ensemble of toughs with colorful nicknames and brass knuckles would certainly be on hand. But the modern Mob is transforming itself, and two new character types are emerging: the college graduate in a tailored suit who wields nothing sharper than his felt-tip pen, and the "Signora Boss" who has stepped from the proverbial kitchen to the front lines of Italy's organized crime network. This face of the Mob may appear less violent but it's no less sinister, says Giuseppe Cipriani, who became mayor of the fabled Mafia stronghold, Corleone...