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Harvard's defense rapidly built a 5-1 lead in the third game. The Crimson offense, led by freshman setter Mike Bookman, then took over the spotlight...
...convicted by a jury that wasn't told she was abused by one or more of her husbands, but no one is accusing the defense attorneys of mishandling the case. Which brings us back to the original question: Why did this rather conventional case capture the national spotlight? Probably for two reasons: One, Beets was a woman, and for whatever reason, America, while generally supportive of the death penalty, still finds it difficult to execute females. Second, she was a great-grandmother, and most headlines referring to the case use that identification, as in "Great-Grandmother's Time Is Running...
After needing only one more vote on the first two ballots to gain the mayor's seat, Kathleen L. Born was hoping to finally triumph. But the third vote last Monday night ended Born's ambitions as her star faded and Kenneth E. Reeves '72 thrust himself into the spotlight...
Updike's enterprise is not as fanciful as it might at first seem. He has consulted the same sources Shakespeare apparently used for his play but shapes this material to different purposes. Here the moody prince makes only a walk-on appearance. Updike's spotlight falls instead on Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude and her adulterous affair with Claudius, her husband's younger brother. The topic of illicit sex will sound familiar to Updike's readers, but the archaic Scandinavian setting and the regal gravitas of the characters involved make this old story fresh and moving...
This is not to imply that Pankau is undeserving of the spotlight. To the contrary, he has been the key player in the Crimson's recent success. The 6'7 senior middle blocker leads the team in blocks (19) and blocks per game (1.227), is second in hit percentage (.438) and third in kills (70). He is also one of just three players this year to have played in every game of every match...