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...more influence than reason can account for. Take, for example, Russell Pleasant, who beat out more than 3 million other brackets to win ESPN’s $10,000 prize for the highest score in 2006. When asked how he knew to pick heavy underdog George Mason to reach the Final Four, he explained that he “slightly confused them with George Washington...
...secret life. Screen-printed onto its steel exterior are ghostly images from photographs of old Guthrie performances. Step inside and that covered bridge turns out to be an extension of the lobby, where mirrored window ledges scramble the views and make them pointedly artificial. The theater begins before you reach your seat...
...captain Matt Vance said. “This has not been the best of weeks for us.”Against UC Riverside, the Crimson kept the score close for most of the contest. A four-run Highlander explosion in the sixth, however, put the game out of reach. In the first game of the series against San Diego, the Crimson lost 7-2 after All-American Brian Matusz struck out 16 Harvard batters. The Toreros routed the Crimson 18-2 in the second game and 12-0 in the third game.During the series, San Diego starters fanned 34 batters...
Before he turned 13, Cuban Jazz musician Israel (Cachao) Lpez was playing professionally--though he had to stand on a wooden crate to reach the neck of his bass. In 1937 he and his brother Orestes composed a tune called El Danzn Mambo, which later rocketed to popularity simply as the mambo when the pace was slowed for dancing. His freestyle jam sessions paved the way for groups like the Buena Vista Social Club, with whom his nephew now plays bass. Throughout his career, Lpez was revered by fellow musicians, but he was launched to international fame...
...real indicator might lie in aspirational searches, or those queries for things beyond most consumers reach. Searches for "Ferrari" are down 40% from the same week last year...