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When Jimi Hendrix’s tunes envelop Harvard Yard on a Friday afternoon, chances are Steve J. Fiascone ’08 and Ross A. Lipstein ’08 of Holworthy 18 are responsible. Every week, the duo bring a loudspeaker, a folding table, and poker paraphernalia into the middle of the Yard to play their traditional game of Friday poker...
Early in the first period, she got within point-blank range of St. Lawrence goalie Jess Moffat, firing two shots on net before drawing a penalty from Saints’ defenseman Laurie Ross at 5:27. Just over a minute later, Corriero converted on the ensuing power play to give Harvard its first goal of the game at 6:29 in the third period...
...Britain's Disability Discrimination Act, passed in 1995, stipulates that businesses - including transport firms - must take "reasonable steps" to remove physical barriers. However, expense is often a powerful deterrent to rectifying outdated or thoughtless planning. According to Stuart Ross, spokesman for Transport for London (TfL), the capital's public transport agency, converting an Underground station can cost between $6 million and $185 million. TfL officials estimate it will take five years to make 25% of stations accessible, and 15 years to make 50% of them accessible. But unlike the Underground, London's buses will all be accessible by next year...
...flight of stairs. And even when they are on the same floor, they are too small to take a chair in." In some countries, including Britain, Germany and Italy, no agency directly polices access, leaving disabled people to enforce what laws there are by suing violators. Briton Bob Ross, who prevailed over discount airline Ryanair in court after he was charged $26 to use a wheelchair at London's Stansted Airport three years ago, says this is unfair. "Even though the legislation is there, the onus is on [disabled] people to take the action, and for many reasons...
...latter-day Santa Claus." RONALD ROSS, Texas Tech University basketball player, praising his famously irascible coach, Bobby Knight. Texas Tech was later eliminated from the U.S. collegiate "Sweet 16" in a game in which Knight shouted in Ross' face and swatted his behind after bad plays