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Plausible, perhaps, but Herrington argued otherwise. "I have run this on a nonpolitical basis," he maintains. "We were picking the best from the best, and it is clear that the Texas site is superior." In particular, the site 28 miles south of Dallas and completely surrounding the town of Waxahachie (pop. 18,300) was rated "outstanding" on four criteria and "good" on two others, clearly outperforming the competition. The best alternative was Tennessee, with three "outstandings," two "goods" and one "satisfactory." Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Illinois and North Carolina rounded out the pack. Moreover, Texas volunteered to throw $1 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Controversial Prize for Texas | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...Friar experience and superior conditioning shined through in the third period after two evenly played periods. Harvard hung tough, and showed incredible potential despite allowing three Providence goals, the fifth one scored by LaDuke, giving her a hat trick on the night...

Author: By Caroline Miller, | Title: Icewomen Begin Season, Fall to Friars, 5-1 | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...proposed to replace the houses with a hotel, and the Rent Control Board originally approved the plan. But tenant activists appealed the board's decision and a superior court judge recently sent the proposal back to the city board to hear more evidence...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Tent City Remembered a Year Later | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...Elis proved their athletic superiority with a 26-17 victory over the Crimson Saturday at Soldiers Field, but the Harvard Chess Club demonstated superior mental acuity by fashioning a one-point victory over the Elis Saturday morning in the Science Center...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Harvard Beats Yale In Chess Competition | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...father, football doesn't matter," said Daniel C. Wilkinson '92. His father, John A. Wilkinson, not only graduated from a large college formerly run by the next commissioner of baseball in 1960, but also worked as an administrator there. "In all other ways he thinks that Yale is infinitely superior," the younger Wilkinson admitted...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: For Some, The Game Will Be Like a Family Feud Episode | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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