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...Albert see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer flutter down and perch behind the Crimson...
...Best of the Rest: Michigan State was knocked off the nation's top perch during the holidays by a 7-3 defeat to Western Michigan in the first round of the Great Lakes Invitational. Following Harvard in the latest WMPL/WZRK Radio Poll are Minnesota (20-5), North Dakota (18-6), the Spartans (20-4-1), Boston College (14-4), Bowling Green (19-4-1), Lowell (14-3-1), Maine (11-6-2), Wisconsin (13-10-1), and Denver...
...colleagues are more cautious about Protoavis' perch in the evolutionary tree, but most agree that it is a significant find. "It's hard not to make a bird out of it," says Paleontologist Nicholas Hotton III of the Smithsonian Institution. But he is reluctant to render a final verdict. If additional Protoavis specimens bolster Chatterjee's interpretation, it would indicate that birds appeared and diversified much earlier than scientists had believed. "Paleontology is like dealing with a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for which you only have 15," says Ostrom. "This fossil gives you another 15 or 20 pieces...
...fishier one wondered how angry Connors was after losing to Minneapolis Doubles Specialist Robert Seguso in the first round. "You don't need to know everything," replied the third seed, still able enough for that perch but old ; enough (33) to have to defend his continuing presence. "What's your problem?" he bristled. "Why do you want me to get out of tennis? You don't know what you have until you lose it." Connors referred, of course, to McEnroe, the tabloids' favorite foil, away on a paternity leave. "He's not here and you miss...
...Justice, Rehnquist usually refused to budge from his perch on the far right edge of the court. "By and large he is consistent," says Law Professor Herman Schwartz of American University. "That's why I don't think he should be chief. I wonder about the choice of a man consistently on the fringes." But Columbia's Blasi contends, "Rehnquist is an excellent court infighter--certainly better than Burger and maybe even better than Earl Warren. He's an intensely political person. Some people see him sitting out there in his own world with his principles, but I think...