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United Press International was a force. Begun by E.W. Scripps nearly a century ago, and later fortified in a merger with William Randolph Hearst, Class of 1886, the wire service grew to be the second largest in the world, neck-and-neck with the ubiquitous Associated Press. Its correspondents--Walter...
...years, its president promised UPI faithful that the reporting stalwart would not be abandoned. The Scripps family said especially that selling to foreign owners would be a last resort, since UPI is an American news company. Reuters and Agence France Presse might sneak across the borders, but the Scrippses felt offshore ownership would compromised the company's excellence. Today a Saudi group, including the brother-in-law of King Fahd owns UPI. But how can anyone complain? It beats the embezzlers whose hard time still makes the old Brit grin...
Monk's talent has hardly gone unnoticed, as she's been the recipient of a prestigious MacArthur "Genius" award, two Guggenheim fellowships and a Scripps American Dance Festival award. But perhaps more of a testament to her work is the obvious happiness her company projected while performing, and the fact...
On Friday, the Crimson battled Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, only to fall short with a 9-5 loss.
DATE OPPONENT9/12 B.C., L 13-7 Fordham, L 19-8 UMASS, L 1829/13 Brown, L 18-109/17 BROWN9/19-20 New York Challenge (Teams TBA)9/22 MIT9/27 MIT (at Brown); Queens (at Brown)10/9 Lehman College10/10 lona; USMMA St. Francis (all at St.Francis)10/15 at MIT10/17-18 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (LA...