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...Harvard's success was Cupp. The rookie compiled a 14-5 record, striking out 101 battlers--a Harvard single-season record--in 138 innings and posting a 1.72 ERA. In her first 24 innings in the two days of the ECAC Tournament, she allowed only three earned runs and threw a one-hitter and no-hitter...
Bennett's secret was that he was able to marry two powerful but seemingly contradictory human instincts: greed and charity. Those who threw in with New Era were so anxious to give, and to get, that they overlooked the obvious. But then greed and charity have met before. Charles Ponzi's biggest extravagance was a $100,000 donation he made to an orphanage...
...amended bill threw out the complicated system of exemptions for some bars and small restaurants in the CUSP proposal, instead exempting all bars, lounges and restaurants with fewer than 25 seats...
Israel suspended its controversial decision to confiscate Arab land in East Jerusalem after five Arab legislators -- all crucial allies in parliament -- threatened a no-confidence vote that would have toppled the government.Last month's plan to seize 140 acres of mostly-Arab landto build homes for Jews threw the Arab world into an uproar. It especially strained relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization, whose constituents want East Jerusalem as a future capital. (Israel has claimed sovereignty since it captured the area from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war.)TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyersays Israel also succumbed to "threats...
What if you threw a takeover party and no investors came? Las Vegas financier Kirk Kerkorian was in that predicament last week as his bid to acquire Chrysler for $23 billion, or $55 a share, seemed close to collapse. Not a single bank or financial partner has come forward to provide cash for the buyout since Kerkorian and former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca proposed it on April 12. That lack of support has caused Chrysler stock, which jumped nearly $10 a share to $48.75 on the day of the announcement, to fall back since then and close last week...