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...overwhelming tone in all the tributes was genuine affection and respect, sentiments the Queen Mum, who died peace-fully in her sleep the previous Saturday at age 101, had invariably evoked during her lifetime. Even though she gave only one interview in the span of a century and never publicly revealed a political opinion or, indeed, very much about herself, Britons felt close to her. With her own brand of happy charm, the Queen Mother, like Princess Diana, had the common touch...
Playing next to Lopez in center field should be junior Bryan Hale. Hale struggled at the plate early last season, but decisively ended his slump with torrid hitting in the season’s final weeks. Hale blasted four homeruns in a one-week span and raised his average to .270 for the season...
...next 19:42 after Primm’s goal saw the Crimson go scoreless. Duke upped its lead to 9-4 during that span, putting the Crimson—who were outshot 34-23 entering the fourth quarter—in a deep hole...
DIED. THOMAS WINSHIP, 81, ebullient, liberal editor of the Boston Globe, who elevated the paper into a top-ranked national contender that won 12 Pulitzer Prizes during his 1965-84 tenure; of lymphoma; in Boston. Proud of his "short attention span" and known for his constant stream of ideas, Winship consistently opposed the Vietnam War--three Globe reporters landed on President Nixon's "enemies" list--and won a Pulitzer for the paper's coverage of Boston's court-ordered desegregation in the 1970s. "I never had a boring week," he said...
...Black Bears have 12 power play goals in their last seven games—converting on a deadly 33 percent of their man advantage chances over that span. And Maine’s 25.1 percent efficiency throughout the year is the sixth best nationally...