Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard women's lacrosse team announced yesterday that its 1988 co-captains are Cindy Ersek '88 of Philadelphia, Pa., and Leelee Groome '87-'88 also of Philadelphia, Pa. The 1987 Harvard squad tied for the Ivy League title with Dartmouth. Both teams wer6 5-0. The Crimson and the Green were unable to play their scheduled match after a measles epidemic struck the Dartmouth campus...
...retreated to the woods. He spent his time clearing saplings on old logging trails; good folk-song material here. He bought some beehives. He tapped his maple trees in the spring and discovered with a born-again countryman's pleasure that his illustrious ancestor, Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, had written a long letter to Thomas Jefferson, promoting maple sugar as a boon to health and commerce...
...phony prince enticed Miller with visions of Saudi oil millions that could be diverted to the Nicaraguan freedom fighters. Of course, Miller had to provide a few assurances of his good faith: the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that over a period of several months, Miller fronted about $250,000 of his own and a relative's money for the prince's exorbitant expenses. In return, the wide-eyed p.r. man was promised he would be made the "exclusive agent for Saudi oil in the U.S.," with commissions of 20% of sales flowing to him. One deal involving shipments...
...credible was the prince that Miller even vouched for him after Zadeh had bounced a $250,000 check at the William Penn Bank in Philadelphia. In documents released last week, Miller was said to have repeated the yarn that the prince was being victimized as a result of "religious differences" within the Saudi royal family, and even offered to cover the amount of the bad check. Bank officials, however, called...
...Angeles Times, Robert Hitt III, of The Columbia Record, John MacCormack of the Dallas Times Herald, Dale Maharidge of The Sacramento Bee, Michele McDonald of The Virginian-Pilot, Eileen McNamara May of The Boston Globe, Lindsay Miller, a producer with Public Broadcasting Service, William Sutton, of The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Gene Weingarten, of the Miami Herald...