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...Series. At last month's sale, Leland's auctioned off Buckner's Series runner-up ring accompanied by a note: "Hope you enjoy my ring. The nightmare of 1986 is over! I'm off the hook. Your pal, Bill Buckner." Ring and note brought an astonishing $33,000. Even Pete Rose's good-behavior voucher from doing prison time for tax evasion fetched $770. "I know it's a little twisted," said executive Andy Gross, the winning bidder. "But this little conversation piece will have cult value. I could display it next to the Gerald Ford letter pardoning Richard Nixon...
...backlash is particularly strong in New York, Florida, Texas and, most of all, California, which officials say contains more than half of all the illegal immigrants in the country. As the frequent bellwether of national changes, the state has already caught a low-grade fever from this issue. Governor Pete Wilson has won majority support for a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent children born in the U.S. of illegal immigrants from automatically becoming citizens. Californians, more than most Americans, complain about special treatment for immigrants. TIME's poll indicates that 51% of Californians favor cutting off health benefits...
Champi found Pete Varney '71 in the end zonefor the two-point conversion to seal Harvard's29-29 "victory." The elated Harvard fans stormedthe field as the Yale players retreated, stillundefeated but now tied for the coveted Ivy Leaguetitle...
Californians were unnerved and seeking a focus for their anger. More than one burned-out homeowner wished aloud that the arsonist had gone up with his handiwork. Governor Pete Wilson compared arsonists to child molesters, offered a $250,000 bounty and requested tougher sentencing. In Washington, as President Bill Clinton promised to help the damaged areas with their "extraordinary expenses," Senator Bob Dole introduced an amendment to the crime bill that would hit arsonists with 40-year jail terms and fines reaching millions of dollars...
Princeton Coach Pete Carril's troops slipped toa shocking fourth-place league finish last yearand even lost to lowly Brown near the end of theseason. Hypotheses abound as to why. The 1991-92League Rookie of the Year Rick Hielscher, a 6'9"center, suffered a poor sophomore year. The Tigerslacked experience. They went only 4-3 at homeafter having won 50 of 56 over the previous fiveseasons...