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...between 1979 and 1992; in Dublin. The son of an Irish Republican Army officer, Haughey's lengthy political career was marred by corruption allegations, including his trial in 1970 on charges of gunrunning for the I.R.A. (he was acquitted). As Taoiseach, his economic policies helped kindle Ireland's "Celtic Tiger" boom, but his last years in office were dogged by allegations of insider trading, conflicts of interest and tax evasion; he resigned in 1992 amid a phone-tapping scandal. In his farewell speech, borrowing from Othello, Haughey told the Irish parliament: "I have done the state some service and they...
...rust." TIGER WOODS, golfer, explaining his poor form at the U.S. Open last week--the first time in his pro career that he missed the cut at a major. It was his first tournament since his father Earl died of cancer...
...overtime, including a three-overtime match-up versus Northeastern, but they all resulted in losses. However, history recalled with lucid remembrance the past 11 years of Princeton dominance that had led to 11 consecutive Harvard defeats—now an even 12. The disheartening 2-1 loss to the Tigers was the Crimson’s ninth game decided by one point. “The Princeton game was my first start...and I think I ended up having a great first game in goal,” sophomore goalie Siobhan Connolly said. A replacement for injured freshman starter Kelly...
...swimming and diving team is leaving Boston this year a little less jovial. After beating out long-time rival Princeton last year to win the Ivy championship, the Crimson was ready to bring home another trophy, but was thwarted once again by the strength of the Tiger squad. Harvard lost to Princeton, 1,580 points to 1,445. “I’m really proud of us for fighting,” sophomore Lindsay Hart said. “It was incredibly difficult to be down and to come back and swim again...
...going to be an academic or marry one’—and I did both,” says the current professor of business administration and public policy at University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.’A TIGER IN A CAGE’In the fall of 1952, a “sophisticated East Coast girl” arrived at Radcliffe. “I wasn’t terribly awkward,” says Whitman, who was used to eating dinner with Einstein and Edward Teller...