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Matt Maupin, born while Ronald Reagan was president, is partial to Superman, Star Wars and teriyaki beef jerky. He grew up in a trim ranch house with a basketball hoop next to the driveway and his prized red 1998 Mustang in the garage. "You can pick out most of the guys who go into the military because they walk with a certain attitude," says Nick Ayers, who played with Maupin on their high school football team, the Trojans. "But Matt was really laid-back." That quietness was infused with a drive that pushed him onto the team, as a second...
Carolyn and Keith have met with Bush four times, all during the President's frequent campaign trips to the crucial electoral state of Ohio last year. The Army casualty-assistance officer assigned to the Maupin family took Keith to the barbershop to trim his long beard--and to Sears to buy a suit--for his first meeting with the Commander in Chief; Keith has vowed not to tame his beard until his son is found. "He really didn't know much either," Keith says of the President. "But he said, 'They're looking for him, they...
...game that was marked by alternating runs, Yale blitzed Harvard by scoring the first 12 points of the contest, and went ahead by as much as 19-6. Six straight points from junior forward Matt Stehle calmed the team down, however, and Harvard was able to trim the lead to 32-27 at halftime...
Cusworth got the Crimson going by scoring a basket inside and adding a jumper after a layup from junior forward Matt Stehle. Brown forward P.J. Flaherty scored to trim the lead to five, but senior guard Kevin Rogus drained a three pointer, and captain Jason Norman capped the run with a spectacular spinning drive and finger-roll, making the score 41-31 with 15:46 to play...
...lives is not that big." The rewards, however, are huge. Global Risk International, the security company he works for, pays its Fijian employees upwards of $1,500 a month, 10 times what they'd earn as security guards at home. "After another six-month tour," says the trim 47-year-old, "I will probably retire for good...