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Celiento, 50, seems perfectly cast to play the part of policeman in this pulsating Mediterranean city: quick-witted and classically handsome, with salt-and-pepper hair, mirrored sunglasses and a well-pressed blue uniform. But he's not cracking Mob cases. He's using the STOP paddle in his right hand to pull taxis over at random--checking if their meters are rigged--and show passing motorists in hectic Piazza Garibaldi that the Law is indeed watching, if mostly for minor violations...
...from time to time riot in protest over their treatment. If there's a grace note to be found in this grim tale it is provided by an American guard, a former real estate agent named Benjamin Thompson, an open-faced innocent who cannot believe that the nation whose uniform he wears can enforce the sub-human conditions he witnesses at Camp Ganci. He's not a sophisticated witness, but he is clearly a good and honorable man, recognizing a soul mate in the bedraggled form of the gentle Yunis...
Even as a heavily recruited shortstop out of Solana Beach, Calif., Matt Vance knew that baseball at the college level would require adjustments to his game. But when he prepared to suit up for his first action in a Harvard uniform, he realized that playing for the Crimson would be even more of a change than he had anticipated...
...bumps in the road for Harvard could come as a result of its small roster, a problem that it dealt with last year as well. The Crimson only has 16 players in uniform...
...game as Maryland’s all-time leading scorer. When Harvard learned that it had drawn the Terrapins as its first-round opponent, Delaney-Smith couldn’t help dwelling on what might have been—four years of Doron in a Crimson uniform, her senior leadership and silky smooth shooting stroke leading a talented group of underclassmen into postseason play.“We recruited Shay Doron heavily,” Delaney-Smith said last Monday after the NCAA Selection Show. “She’s really a great player—very athletic...