Word: susane
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...Administration has been properly apologetic and Director of the Core Program Susan W. Lewis appears to have understood the problem: "I think students will appreciate more choice. That's one thing that students have quite rightly complained about in the past," she said. With this kind of keen insight, we are disappointed that the Core Review Committee did not complete their reforms in time to have implemented some positive changes this year...
...culture of versatile Latin polo pros might have remained an obscure local custom but for one thing. Last week Susan Cummings, 35, the daughter of a billionaire arms dealer, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Roberto Villegas, 38, an internationally ranked Argentine polo star who coached her, trained her horses and played for her Ashland Farm team. On Sunday, Sept. 7, when Fauquier County authorities arrived at the 300-acre estate where Cummings and her twin sister Diana live, they found Villegas dead on the kitchen floor with multiple bullet wounds to the neck...
...Samuel Cummings, a former CIA employee who has been described as one of the world's largest private arms dealers. The girls were born in Switzerland, but they moved in 1983 to the rolling farm their father bought for them. Friends say both sisters are reclusive but that Susan was the more introverted. "Fragile" and "gentle" are typical words for her. Clerks at the shops in Warrenton say she rarely smiled and usually let Villegas do the talking...
...characteristic Susan inherited from her more flamboyant father was a fondness for weapons. Villegas bragged to his polo buddies that his girlfriend was an expert shot. A disagreement over the ponies' care apparently preceded the shooting of Villegas. Polo is hard on the horses, which must stop on a dime while in full gallop and make sudden turns so riders can chase the ball. Friends say Cummings, a committed animal lover, did not want her ponies to play two days in a row. Villegas, who had been in a match on Saturday, Sept. 6, was scheduled to play again...
...Reported by Susan Agrest and Emily Mitchell, with bureau reports