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Among the stranger pursuits of science these days is the effort to exhume dead celebrities. Meriwether Lewis, of the pair of famous Northwest explorers, is the latest to be marked for elevation. He joins a lengthening list that includes President Zachary Taylor, the parents of Lizzie Borden, John Wilkes Booth...
John Wilkes Booth has become a candidate for unearthing because 22 of his descendants claim that an innocent man was gunned down by soldiers and that Booth was permitted to escape. That would suggest a government plot to kill Lincoln. The crackpot notion that Booth did not shout, "Sic semper...
An estimated 100,000 people--nearly 1 in 7 residents of San Francisco--gathered for the opulent inauguration of Willie Brown as the city's new mayor. Formerly the all-powerful speaker of the California assembly, Brown had agonized over which of three designer suits to wear to his swearing...
With much more depth than teams in the past, the Harvard wrestling team showed signs of improvement, defeating Wilkes University and Central Connecticut in dual meets at Wilkes-Barre, Penn. on Saturday. The Crimson dropped Wilkes, 24-16, and Central Connecticut, 25-15.
Sophomore Dustin Denunzio, wrestling in the 126 pound class, led the way for the Crimson this weekend, notching 13-5 and 9-4 victories against Wilkes and Central Connecticut, respectively. Freshmen Dan Devivo (167 pounds) and Ed Mosley (158 pounds) also garnered both of their matches.