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This week's NCAA poll, which was released yesterday, listed Harvard (26-2) on top for the second week in a row. Minnesota (31-9-3) shared the top slot with the Crimson last week, but it lost to Denver, 2-1, last Sunday in the WCHA playoffs and dropped to the number-four position in the poll...
...number-one singles Christina Dragomirescu still didn't get a rest. She lost to Jennifer Santrock, the eighth-ranked singles player in the nation, 6-0, 6-1, while deLone fell to Claire Evert, 6-4, 6-2, at the number-two slot...
...Port Isabel, Texas, the only luggage needed is their bankroll. Le Mistral embarks on four-to-six-hour cruises into the Gulf of Mexico, where the ship eludes the Texas ban on casino gambling. When the vessel enters international waters, the crew opens the ship's gaming tables and slot machines. Since its maiden voyage in November, it has been attracting 250 to 300 customers a trip...
After two seasons of struggling hand to mouth, South Africa Now seems likely to endure. Its producers have received badly needed funding in the form of a $100,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and $25,000 from the Carnegie Corporation. The show has also won a satellite slot that will make it available to the nation's 334 PBS stations by late spring. Far from fearing competition from the upstart broadcast, many network staffers are actively rooting for its success. That is one piece of good news about South Africa that everyone can share...
...Creation of a program to provide additional funding to departments which find an exceptionally well-qualified candidate in a field where there is no specific slot open...