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...seventh, Big Green left fielder Andrew Nacario made a running grab on Steffan Wilson’s liner with two on to strand Klimkiewicz in the on-deck circle as the potential tying...
...each recipient and writes down a few words which an aide reads to her as the person approaches, allowing her to start an informed conversation - one she knows will be repeated to family and friends. (She reads fast and has a flypaper memory.) Dinners during regional trips used to strand her at the top of a long table with predictable dignitaries; now she will be at a round table with perhaps a nurse, the leader of the local Sikh temple and an entrepreneur. Parties at Buckingham Palace are increasingly built around themes, like honoring transport workers and members...
...senior Lance Salsgiver said. Harvard took the lead in the fourth, scoring two runs on a Taylor Meehan double to take a 3-1 lead. Although Bears starting pitcher Chris Perez (1-1) avoided any further damage by forcing sophomore Matt Vance to pop up and strand two runners, the damage had been done.“We don’t have that many lefties,” said sophomore Shawn Haviland, “so if [Taylor] can come off the bench and hit off a powerful rightie like he did today, that’s great...
...quality beads are just one Gem Palace specialty, and Kasliwal grabs several strands of garnets to demonstrate the differences. "This one is artisanal production, each bead carefully drilled, each one faceted by hand. The Tiffanys of the industry will buy this one, and the average worker could produce 20 or 30 beads a day," he says. A second strand looks duller and less uniform. "These have been tumbled in a machine and then finished. A worker can produce 800 of these a day." The artisanal strand wholesales for $70 to $80; the industrial one costs...
...London is downright modest. George Washington inhabited a grand estate at Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson built Monticello, an elegant mansion, in the same state. But for 15 years, Franklin was a tenant in a simple four- story Georgian brick row house on a street off the Strand near Trafalgar Square. The house's interior is handsome but spare, reflecting the thrifty nature of the man who popularized the proverb, "A penny saved is a penny earned." On Jan. 17, the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, the famed inventor-diplomat's sole surviving home will open...