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...Crimson battled back from a 19-point deficit with less than 12 minutes to play to earn a tie at the end of regulation in the last game against Penn. In overtime, a key steal and jump shot by Co-Captain Keith Webster at the buzzer propelled the Crimson to an emotional 92-90 victory...
...sponsors went looking for additional help from city hall. When New York Mayor Ed Koch pleaded poverty, the group won the day by pointing to the support that the project had already garnered. Recalls Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Mugavero: "I said to the mayor, 'I would suggest that you steal the money, and I will absolve you.' " Laughing, Koch finally responded...
PERHAPS THE BEST parts of the novel are its action scenes. His style deft and spare, Maspero tells how Cat and Antoine try to steal food stamps one rainy night. Cat drops the stamps in the mud just as the brothers notice that lanterns are approaching, swinging ominously through the dark...
...school lessons, locks her less favored son out of the house for days, and schemes to get money from her rich but miserly father in Utah. One summer she sends her two teenage boys, a pair of grungy rejects from the Dead End Kids, to stay with Gramps and steal his loot. But when he discovers the treachery and cuts off the flow of funds, Frances Schreuder orders one of her sons to murder...
...strategy is to make Guanacaste what he calls "user friendly," accessible to local people, researchers, school groups and tourists. He makes a point of instructing visitors in natural history. As a result, he says, "people are no more likely to damage the forest than they are to steal gold candlesticks from the local church." Four ex-farmers have become park guards and are responsible for stopping hunters and preventing or controlling grass fires. Janzen permits the farmers to live in the park and use a portion of the land to raise crops and a few cattle. Limited grazing keeps...