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...grown to include preferential treatment for Hispanics, women, the handicapped and an ever-expanding list of favored groups. This is absurd. By what moral standard should, say, a Marielito, already once rescued by America, enjoy a preference over, say, an Italian-American vet or an Irish cop? A Richmond ordinance struck down two years ago by the Supreme Court assigned 30% of city subcontracts to firms owned by minorities, defined as "Blacks, Spanish-speaking ((citizens)), Orientals, Indians, Eskimos or Aleuts." Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, is not known for its mistreatment of Eskimos. Yet under the law, Richmond would have...
...19th century mining camp, Troop 501 is eating dehydrated lasagna softened by boiling water and the evening's drizzle. It is oddly tasty. Bearded "miners" like Jedediah Ezekial Springfield (eagle scout Trey Berlin, 21, of Richmond, Ky.) offer to teach gold panning and to provide tours of the abandoned mine shaft; they speak in twangy "interpretive accents." After dinner, the miners put on a "stomp" with guitar music and surprisingly pungent jokes. Another day's hike leads to a cattle ranch set in a lush green valley. At that campfire, a talented cowboy-guitarist nicknamed Fluffy performs the Oreo Cookie...
Brown is the top seed, followed by Navy, UMass, Slippery Rock, Iona, Harvard, Arkansas-Little Rock and Richmond...
...Crimson (2-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy) entered the tournament a bit undermanned, lacking the services of freshman Jeff Zimmerman, sidelined for two more weeks with a broken arm, and senior Bruce Berkeley just returning from a year abroad, but Harvard came away with a win against Richmond...
...thought the offense was strong in the first game against Richmond," hole-setter Chad Barker said. "We kept things open and spread out, and we ran the offense well...