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...worst crime in politics is to be boring, Jesse "The Body" Ventura is as virtuous as a Boy Scout...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Outspoken Independent Makes His Mark | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

Morris explained that he was just there to settle a bet, so the scout for the Devil Rays laughed and put him last on the schedule. After assessing 60 unpromising teenagers, the scout was eager to go home and told Morris to hurry. Without warming up, Morris threw his first pitch--at 94 m.p.h. The scout, figuring his radar gun was broken, checked him with another. Then Morris threw 12 pitches at 98 m.p.h. The scout, who later said he was "bumfuzzled," asked Morris to come back two days later, when, in pouring rain, he threw 95 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oldest Rookie | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...like trying something different," Caples said. "We put that corner in yesterday, and we probably practice a handful with that option [passing to Ingram] and a handful of other options, and that was it. Teams scout you, and since we've never showed that play before, it adds an element of surprise...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: F. Hockey Returns to Winning Ways at Yale | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...good initial quickness, and his patterns are pretty good," said George Lynch, a New York Giants scout at the Columbia game. "He can get some separation and get open, he's got good hands and good upfield lean. He also has good speed for a tight end. If he bulks up, he could be drafted. He has good blocking technique and is willing...

Author: By Bryan Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Wilford Shows He Has Strong Legs, Too | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Rodriquez and his friends scout the fence for a hole big enough to wedge through. Strolling with the youths, Officer Macias cautions them to watch out for bandits and flash floods. Farther on, the cops come upon a bedraggled family from Veracruz and talk them out of attempting to ford a flooded arroyo. Though Grupo Beta cannot prevent migrants from crossing, it has moved against the "coyotes" who guide them, arresting 90 in three years. But the special teams themselves are widely suspected, by migrants and U.S. lawmen, of taking payoffs from the smugglers. "They go after us, but they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danger and Alarm on A New Alien Gateway | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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