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Freshmen fullback Lee Williams and forward Zach Viders, last week's Ivy League Rookie of the Week, teamed to score the game-winner with only 120 ticks remaining on the clock...

Author: By Maggie Jacobberger, | Title: Men's Soccer Avenges Tournament Loss Against B.U. | 9/28/1995 | See Source »

Another midfielder, Devon Bingham, has also gotten into the scoring act. Bingham has two goals, including the game winner against Columbia...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: W. Soccer Faces Boston College Today | 9/27/1995 | See Source »

Their balloon, the D-Caribbean, set out with 14 competitors from seven countries on Sept. 9 from Switzerland, the home of the previous year's winner. Because this would be the first Gordon Bennett race since the end of World War II in which former Soviet airspace would be accessible, organizers had contacted each of the Baltic States as well as Belarus and Ukraine to request permission for the balloons to cross their airspace. Pilots, after all, could not fully control where the winds took them. Having received approval from every government, including Belarus', the balloons ascended from Wil, near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNFORGIVEN TRESPASS | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

...Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol moves with military precision. They deplane at the State College, Pennsylvania, airport in crisp blue Prize Patrol blazers, armed with the tools of their trade: Publishers Clearing House balloons, a giant Prize Patrol banner, the famous oversize check, and a dossier on today's winner--one Nellye J. Hall of Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Striding through the parking lot, the team barely acknowledges the gawks and shouts of civilians--"Hey, Prize Patrol, you got a check for me?"--as it boards a rented van and begins the one-hour drive into rural central Pennsylvania. The game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISPATCHES: ALAS, NO THANK YOU, JESUS | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

...door," one that can be videotaped for use in the company's ubiquitous television commercials. Raw emotion sells, and Prize Patrol members consider themselves connoisseurs of screams and tears. The all-time champion is Emma Taylor of Gary, Indiana, whose joyful if repetitive response to being declared a winner earned her the nickname "the thank-you-Jesus lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISPATCHES: ALAS, NO THANK YOU, JESUS | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

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