Word: ski
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University police are investigating the theft of $545 worth of ski equipment from the Harvard Ski Team storage room in the basement of Wigglesworth Hall...
Murphy said the thieves stole skis, ski boots, and bindings belonging to two of the Ski Team's ten members. There were no signs of forced entry, and several possibilities exist as to how the larceny occurred, Murphy said, adding that the door to the storage room could have been left unlocked, or the thief could have acquired...
Murphy added, "Of course, a third possibility exists, namely that some member of the ski club took the missing equipment by mistake...
Also: foreign consulates and embassies in all cities; all national race tracks and pro ball teams; all national unions; all cities with populations over 50,000; all foundations with assets over $5 million; 369 ski areas; 656 museums; 52 opera companies; all 2,882 colleges and universities, plus 1,581 accredited graduate schools in 19 fields; 241 newspapers, 470 book publishers, 196 consumer magazines; 830 radio and TV stations; all 1,395 intercity bus and 571 intercity rail terminals; all 544 mutual funds; 1,461 major hospitals; 423 Chambers of Commerce; 5,455 trade associations and unions...
...five days, he lay on a bed in a "dark den" handcuffed to a radiator and guarded by four men whose faces were covered by ski masks. But Dutch Multimillionaire Maurits ("Maupie") Caransa, 61, who was kidnaped on Oct. 28 outside his club in Amsterdam, remained a shrewd businessman throughout the ordeal. And, as it turned out last week, business-rather than terrorism, as had originally been feared-was the name of the game. By Caransa's account, the kidnapers first demanded a ransom of $16 million. After two days of haggling, Caransa, whose real estate, hotel and other...