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When Harvard blew a six-run lead in the last inning against Princeton one month ago, spoiling its perfect Ivy League record, it was Marcucci who could not get a Tiger out in that two-out rally. Marcucci struck out two of three Princeton batters this time in the ninth, closing out Harvard's title...
...where her father supervised a mine. Her family has owned claims in the district for over a century. "It was gold seekers who settled the West," she notes crisply. "They built the churches; they built the towns." Her purchase of dozens of nonproducing Henderson claims over 50 years probably struck some as more sentimental than savvy. But now her holdings, on lease to Crown Butte, constitute at least 40% of its goldfield--a portion so large that the pact is specifically contingent on her selling her rights to the company so that they can be part of the exchange...
Weil recognized a scoop when he was handed one, and he struck a deal with the university administration: if the Crimson provided Harvard officials with enough information to help them get rid of Leary and Alpert, Harvard officials would keep the scandal quiet until Weil published his exclusive story. Harvard agreed, Weil went to work, and when he proved the rumors true, his subsequent Crimson articles caused such a stir that Look magazine commissioned him to write a similar piece for national publication. To the surprise of no one at Harvard, Leary and Alpert were soon forced...
...Portland, Oregon. Seeing firsthand how much better socially adjusted and emotionally mature these war-torn, Third World children arriving from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were than American children of the same age shocked me. I began a study of Southeast Asian child-rearing practices at the center. What struck me was the constant physical contact that began at birth and included family members sleeping together. These kids were not praised a lot, but they were never left alone. When it came time to begin school, these children, who were socially and emotionally better adjusted, could direct all their energy into...
...just felt I was in the zone," Kessler said. "I struck out on two bad strikes in the first and I got upset. Then I started making good contact on every pitch...